Last November Enos Slaughter Jersey , after the Brewers came within one game of going to the World Series, the players voted to give a full playoff share to their beloved radio play-by-play man. Uecker donated the $123,000 to charity.“To include me in that, I couldn’t believe it,” the 85-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . “I’ve tried to make sure I thanked every one of them. When I talked to them about it, they said, ‘Ueck, that was no big deal. You were part of that.’ Still, I was shocked when they did it.”Uecker divided the money among the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of Milwaukee, Wounded Warriors and the Froedtert Cancer Center.After the Brewers clinched their first playoff berth in seven years with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals in St. Louis last September http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , a video showed players dumping champagne and beer on a grinning Uecker as he pumped his arms.Uecker did not plan to join the clubhouse celebration, but says he conceded under “threat” from the players.“The players told me if I didn’t come downstairs, they’d be coming up to the booth with champagne,” Uecker said. “I didn’t want them dumping stuff all over our equipment, so I had to go. I didn’t want somebody to get electrocuted.”Uecker, who has cut back on road trips but continues to call home games, is about to start his 49th season as a Brewers broadcaster. He has no plans to quit.“I’m comfortable but I also still feel good doing this,” told the Journal Sentinel. “If I get to the point where I’m an embarrassment on the air, not only to myself but the team, I would never continue.”The Milwaukee native has appeared in the movie “Major League,” the TV series “Mr. Belvedere” and commercials for Miller Lite Kolten Wong Jersey , famous for his “I must be in the front row” quip. He recently filmed a scene for a new “Monsters Inc.” movie.But the former major league catcher always comes back to his love of baseball.“I loved doing all that other stuff but baseball is No. 1,” Uecker told the newspaper. “Always has been and always will be.”__ NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the baseball players’ association expressed concern over a second straight offseason that has seen many Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and many other free agents remain without deals less than a month before spring training.“All the dead time in the last two free-agent markets is a larger threat to our game than any supposed dead time between pitches,” Tony Clark said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.Wanting to increase the pace of games and concerned about a drop in offense, management has made proposals to the union that include a pitch clock and rules changes. The players’ association says it will respond, and unlike last year the union appears open to discuss the issues.Against this backdrop, just 58 of the 164 players who exercised the right to become free agents following the World Series had announced deals through Thursday afternoon. That is up from 45 of 166 on the same date last offseason, but this year’s free-agent class contains far more accomplished players.Those still available included Harper, Machado, pitcher Dallas Keuchel and closer Craig Kimbrel.“When they’re signing that late, it’s just how major league owners choose to do business and how the commissioner’s office has directed them to do so Trevor Rosenthal Jersey ,” agent Scott Boras said Thursday.Major League Baseball declined to respond to Clark and Boras, spokesman Pat Courtney said.Boras, more than most other agents, is known for negotiating late into the offseason. Last year, he reached a $110 million, five-year contract between J.D. Martinez and Boston that was announced Feb. 26 and a $75 million, three-year agreement between right-hander Jake Arrieta and Philadelphia that was announced March 12 — about a month after spring training began.“What we learned from last year, this is standard operating procedure,” Boras said. “The airplane of talent, when they’re at the airport, they may tell us when we can leave but no one’s flying anywhere without us.”Boras represents Harper and Keuchel. He says changes in club front offices have led to drawn-out negotiations for free agents.“I would imagine that in the analytic abyss http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , you want to explore your investment of having your staffs go out and find the gaps in trades before you explore for free agency,” he said.Boras said all the front-office hirings of analytics personnel have changed the mindset of decision-makers.“I can do more at greater value in the trade market than I can in the free-agent market because of our improved secret, special, unique science of algorithmic analytic function,” he said of their mindset. “We know the league better than others. We’ve invested millions in this. Let’s take time to use it.”Baseball used to have a rush to sign free agents after the World Series, similar to the hectic pace when the NFL, NBA and NHL offseason markets open. Because of late signings, some teams have had less time to promote acquisitions in an attempt to increase advance sale of tickets.“Damage to the marketing of the game is immense,” Boras said.