Sail on Bobby Murcer

gdags · Post by **gdags** » July 12, 2008 5:59 pm

Bobby Murcer, a personable, popular five-time All-Star who went on to a successful broadcasting career with the New York Yankees, died Saturday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 62.

I credit Bobby Murcer for being the baseball announcer that got me in to baseball. He was the voice of the Yankees in my opinion, and his passing has really affected me.

I haven't posted here in a while, but I felt like this was definitely the forum to express my grief over his passing.

I will miss him.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » July 12, 2008 6:17 pm

Sail on Bobby.

INeverGoAnywhere · Post by **INeverGoAnywhere** » July 12, 2008 6:31 pm

Sail On ex-Cubbie.....

Joetown Parrothead · Post by **Joetown Parrothead** » July 12, 2008 7:01 pm

Sail On, What a great player! Sail On!

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » July 12, 2008 7:31 pm

wow. this is another tough loss

I'll always remember him in my boyhood baseball memories.
I got to see him as a SF Giant for a few years in the 70's, but always knew he was truly a Yankee.
He had the impossible job of succeeding Mickey Mantle, and pretty much held up his end of the bargain.

Sail on, Bobby M

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » July 12, 2008 7:36 pm

He was also a pretty damn good country & western singer.

What a sad loss for the baseball world. This man wasn't only a very good player, he was a classy & honorable gentleman as well.

Sail on, Bobby. Thanks SO MUCH for the memories.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » July 12, 2008 8:39 pm

Wino you know wrote:He was also a pretty damn good country & western singer.

but of course he was, he's an Oklahoma native.

Sail on, Bobby

lati2d · Post by **lati2d** » July 12, 2008 9:36 pm

Being a Red Sox fan, I always rooted against Murcer and the Yankees. But I always respected him and actually wished he was a Red Sox.
Sail on Bobby.

PackPhanGirl · Post by **PackPhanGirl** » July 12, 2008 9:42 pm

Sail on

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » July 12, 2008 11:05 pm

Sail on Bobby

ejr · Post by **ejr** » July 12, 2008 11:47 pm

INeverGoAnywhere wrote:Sail On ex-Cubbie.....

Yep, Sail on, Bobby.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » July 13, 2008 1:56 am

ejr wrote:
INeverGoAnywhere wrote:Sail On ex-Cubbie.....
Yep, Sail on, Bobby.

Yep.. so sad to me.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 13, 2008 2:52 am

Sail on Bobby!!! Thanks for all the great childhood memories!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 13, 2008 2:56 am

This was one of my favorite Murcer memories...

Munson's sudden death was major news across the nation and especially within the baseball community. Munson was survived by his wife, Diana, and their three children. The day after his death, before the start of the Yankees' four-game set with the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx, the Yankees paid tribute to their deceased captain in a pre-game ceremony during which the starters stood at their defensive positions, save for the catcher's box, which remained empty. At the conclusion of Robert Merrill's musical selection, the fans (announced attendance 51,151) burst into a 10-minute standing ovation.

Four days later, on August 6, the entire Yankee team attended his funeral in Canton, Ohio. Lou Piniella and Bobby Murcer, who were Munson's best friends as well as teammates, gave eulogies. That night (in front of a national viewing audience on ABC's Monday Night Baseball) the Yankees beat the Orioles 5-4 in New York, with Murcer driving in all five runs with a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth.[4]

He played his broken heart out for his best friend!

Karacal · Post by **Karacal** » July 13, 2008 1:14 pm

Sail on Bobby.......