Is he a Met now?

(Excellent cheap shot from Shawn)
Bobby Murcer, 1965 Carolina League MVP, has died at the age of 62, so the inevitable push to retire his number that all players who wear the pinstripes get will have to be posthumous. The solid but unspectacular outfielder spent 17 years in the majors, mostly with the Yankees, making 5 All-Star Games. Never matching Mickey Mantle’s abilities, other than a shared ineptitude at shortstop, despite predictions he would be his successor as the next Yankee superstar, he served as a bridge for homegrown Yankee talent, as the last active teammate of Mantle before retiring, which made room on the Yankees roster in 1983 for Don Mattingly. Murcer was beloved by Yankees fans for his flair for the dramatic, most notably driving in all 5 runs in the first game the Yankees played after the death of Thurman Munson.