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the YES Network (who carry the Yankees games) is reporting that beloved former Yankee and broadcaster Bobby Murcer has passed away.

I loved him as a kid, and really enjoyed the Old Timer's Day games when he would wear a microphone while playing. His self-deprecating comments and playful jabs at other participants were always good for a lot of laughs.

We're still hurting from the loss of Phil Rizzuto not so long ago. Now Bobby.

This is devastating news for Yankee fans.

This is devastating news for Yankee fans.

I was a huge Murcer fan growing up at a time when the Yankees weren't that good, and there wasn't much winning going on. I remember the day that he got traded from the Yankees in 1974 and how I cried for hours over my favorite baseball player being traded away.

About 2-months ago he was signing his autobiography at a local bookstore, I wasn't able to make it down there, but my father went down to just say hello and wish him well; unfortunately he never got the chance to as Bobby had to cut his appearance short do to the fact that he wasn't feeling well.

He was a class act, rest in peace Bobby Ray Murcer you gave a generation of Yankee fans some great memories.

When Murcer came up as a player, he was touted as the next Mantle, mostly because he was an outfielder from Oklahoma. He never was, of course, but he had a solid career.

He was the first player I saw fall into the stands going after a ball.

I feel like I've been punched in the stomach.
I thought they got the cancer -- I thought he was on the mend.

What a class act. I missed him so much on the YES broadcasts.

This is a sad day for all Yankee fans, as well as baseball fans everywhere.

Was never a Yankees fan but I always really liked Bobby Murcer.

I especially liked his, uh, "feud" with Gaylord Perry and the time that he said he hit a hanging spitter off Perry.

Much too young.

This makes me sad. As recently as February of this year, an MRI showed no signs of cancer. He was active in a variety of fund-raising projects within Oklahoma (and probably wherever he found himself,) and he always seemed like a thoroughly decent guy. At 62, he was too young to die.

"It's not fair" strikes again.

I spent just over a year as a Yankee fan as a naive 9- and 10-year-old. The highlight was the comeback in 1978, the lowlight was Munson's death. The only time I ever had tickets to a game as a YF was a cub scout trip, and it turned out the date was going to be the same day as Munson's funeral. Rumors were flying that they were going to forfeit the game and we weren't going to see them play after all.

But they played. Orioles took a 2-0 lead, Murcer hit a 3-run homer. O's got the lead back at 4-3, Murcer hit a walk-off 2-run single.

A really gutsy and classy guy. I hope they remember him during the All Star Game this week.

When he was a Cubbie, 1977-79, he wore number 7 to honor Mickey Mantle. He was very popular with Cub fans at the time--all 73 of us.