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Sideline Chatter: Want to fight about wearing a mask? Leave it to Bob Uecker to get in the final word.

Bob Uecker lost 102 games off his virus-shortened 50th season as a Brewers broadcaster, but he hasn't lost his sense of humor.

"I'm doing what everybody else is doing, and that's stay locked down, shut down and wear a mask if I do need one," the ex-catcher, 86, told MLB.com. "I went in the store a couple of weeks ago with a catcher's mask, and they told me it was the wrong one. It helps when you get punched in the face, but that's about it."

Punched in the face?

"Yeah," Uecker said. "A lot of people are still living that saw me play."

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