On Sat afternoon when I herd the news on the death of Bobby Murcer it was hard to take. Bobby lost his dramatic battle with cancer. When I heard I was shocked because I thought he was stable and holding his own. And when a hero of you youth passes it is very hard.
When I went to my first Yankee game in June of 1970 the Bombers were bad and Bobby Murcer was the best we had. For the next few years in the last years at old Yankee Stadium from '70 to '73 Murcer was the Yankees best player. He made the All Star team and gave us something to cheer about. After 1974 Bobby was shipped to San Francisco for Bobby Bonds.
After all those dog days of Yankees baseball in 1976 the team was good again and captured the AL flag. In '77 and '78 they won back-to-back World Championships. Who would ever think Murcer would come back. But as the Yanks started bad in '79 in the early spring it was a real shocker to me when the Yankees re-acquired Bobby Murcer from the Cubs. I thought it was great. I did not know how long it would last but after the death of Thurman Munson and later that day he had the winning runs after delivering Thurman's eulogy Bobby M was a Yankee for life.
He did a great job in the booth as he found a new home. I had the privilege to meet him at a Yankee fan fest back in the 90s and true to form he was a nice guy. On Sunday I took my daughter to the MLB Fan fest in NYC and before we went I looked for my old Bobby Murcer Yankee shirtf rom 1980. I found it but it did not fit me. So I let my daughter wear it and it looked good on her. She got a lot of compliments. As I and other Yankee and baseball fans remembered our all time favorite Yankee.
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