At 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oklahoma time, the Murcer family held a service to bid farewell to beloved patriarch Bobby Murcer, who died July 12 of brain cancer. At precisely that time in the Bronx, where it was noon, Yankees adviser Ray Negron organized another Murcer tribute - in the parking lot of the bowling alley right by Yankee Stadium.
Most of us, if put in Bobby Murcer's place, would have curled up in the fetal position and waited for the inevitable. Not Bobby. He hitched up his pinstripes and vowed to make every minute he had left count.
NEW YORK - The Oakland Athletics activated shortstop Bobby Crosby from the disabled list Friday and moved left-hander Dallas Braden into their rotation.
CHICAGO - Bobby Jenks was activated from the 15-day disabled list Friday and declared himself ready to return to the closer's role for the Chicago White Sox.
Bobby Digital is the alter-ego of RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. This guise has acted as a repository for his more idiosyncratic, left-field ideas, with often stunning results.
NEW YORK (AP) †Bobby Murcer succeeded Mickey Mantle, played in pinstripes with Don Mattingly and watched proudly from the broadcast booth when the New York Yankees returned to power.
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