(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: NFL playoffs underway ... What a scholarly approach, by the way. And finally, Bob Uecker, journeyman ballplayer with four teams, 200 career hitter, catcher.

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FILE - Milwaukee Brewers' owner Mark Attanasio and wife Debbie celebrate with broadcaster Bob Uecker ... become playoff contenders. “I’m part of American folklore, I guess,” Uecker told ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: NFL playoffs underway, college football's championship ... What a scholarly approach, by the way. And finally, Bob Uecker, journeyman ballplayer with four teams, 200 career ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob Uecker.