Bobby Murcer 1946-2008

[Frayed Knot]

Announced by YES after today's NYY game

[Guest themetfairy]

As reported by Channel 4

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

That's a shame.

[Frayed Knot]

Murcer came into the big leagues in kind of a tough situation - as a switch-hitting SS-turned-CFer from Oklahoma who naturally, and unfairly, got touted as "the next Mantle".
But he eventually became very popular in his own right with a real good career even though he had virtually no chance to replicate the career of the Mick.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Along with Roy White, first Yankee I ever knew. I thought he was a pretty good broadcaster and always came off a super guy, too bad.

[Guest AG/DC]

And, for youse kids too young to know, the hero of the game the night of Thurman Munson's funeral. Strange that channel 4 left that out.

Also strange --- although it may just speak to how old I've suddenly become --- is that they list him as "beloved broadcaster, ex-outfielder."

It's like Bud Harrelson passing (knock wood) and being remembered as "Ducks owner, ex-infielder."

[Guest Grote15]

RIP Great man...one of my early favorites...Cancer plays no favorites

[Guest Kong76]

I have a short list of Yanks I liked, he was one of them. RIP, Murcer.

[seawolf17]

I never had anything against Murcer. He was at the tail end of his career when I started seriously getting into baseball, and I remember he had lots of lines of stats on the back of his baseball card because he had been around for so long:



RIP, Bobby.

[metirish]

RIP , sad news .

[G-Fafif]

My glove, the only glove I've had since Juy 3, 1972, is a Bobby Murcer model. It wasn't until Lunchbucket threw me the old pepper one day that one of its laces was ruptured.

Spalding made a good glove and Bobby Murcer's name is on it.

RIP.

[Guest themetfairy]

AG/DC wrote: And, for youse kids too young to know, the hero of the game the night of Thurman Munson's funeral. Strange that channel 4 left that out.

There was a woman at the Trenton Thunder game tonight wearing a Munson shirt. I'm sure it was in memory of Murcer.

[MFS62]

memories of Bobby:

He was one of a line of shortstops the Yanks converted into centerfielders. The list included Mantle, Kubek, Tresh and Murcer.

The year the Yanks played at Shea, Murcer had a lousy year - only two home runs at home, and both of those came in September.

Seemed to be a nice guy.

Like many ballplayers who follow a great one, some Yankee fans didn't like him just because he was "replacing Mantle" (even though he didn't do it directly). But I also remember Yank fans initially not liking Mantle because he "replaced DiMaggio".

He suffered a lot.

RIP

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

themetfairy wrote: There was a woman at the Trenton Thunder game tonight wearing a Munson shirt. I'm sure it was in memory of Murcer.

I saw someone wearing a Bobby Murcer shirt this morning. I wonder if he was honoring Thurman Munson?

Bob: Rye Crumb!