Brewers Fans Can 'Join' Uecker At Games As Part Of Cutout Crew

MILWAUKEE, WI – Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker once famously complained in a beer commercial about his seats at a baseball game, telling other fans he must be in the front row.

Now, with Major League Baseball planning to begin its 60-game shortened season later this month after the normal 162-game slate was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, Brewers fans can virtually join Uecker in the last row for a game this season at Miller Park. The team announced on Tuesday that it is extremely unlikely that fans will be allowed to watch games in person due to ongoing pandemic.

Instead, the Brewers announced Wednesday they will sell the option for fans to submit photos and become part of the team’s ‘Cutout Crew’, which will include two-foot images of fans that will sit aside the Uecker ‘Last Row’ statue in Section 422. Each cutout will cost $50 and proceeds will go to the Brewers Community Foundation. The cutouts and will be placed in seats in or adjacent to the statue of Uecker, who is celebrating his 50th season as the team’s play-by-play man.

The statue was added in Section 422 of the Brewers home ballpark in 2014 as a tribute to Uecker, who was part of Miller Lite adds. The likeness of "Mr. Baseball" has always had the last row in the section to himself before the Brewers announced the plan for the cutouts to be added.

“We miss our fans and wanted to come up with a creative way for them to participate in the action this year,” Brewers President - Business Operations Rick Schlesinger said in a statement issued by the team Wednesday. “While nothing can replace the energy and passion of our loyal fans in the stands, the Cutout Crew is a unique way we can welcome familiar faces for now at Miller Park.”

You can get specific instructions for uploading your photo here.

Cutouts will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Thursday and the team has announced it will only produce 500 cutouts. The best part? There will be no need for fans to hear complaints of "Down in front' as Uecker once did.

"Great seats, eh, buddy?"

This article originally appeared on the Milwaukee Patch