Bobby Murcer ready for return to Yankees broadcast booth

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/2/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

Bobby Murcer will once again make his triumphant return to the YES broadcast booth Friday, when the Yankees open their three-game home series against the Seattle Mariners. [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, May 2
Published 5/2/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... to catch some heat from the media for his "testy [and] secretive and confrontational" public persona. (New York Daily News) And Yankee fans, true to their I-want-what-I-want-when-I-want-it-and-I-deserve-it! DNA, are a) booing Kennedy (one night after booing Hughes) and b) writing to Peter Abraham and suggesting the Yanks sign Barry Bonds, David Wells and Mike Piazza as a means of righting the ship. (LoHud Yankees Blog) There is good news, though. Bobby Murcer returns to the YES broadcast booth tonight. (New York Daily News) CALM DOWN: ...

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