Scoring Update! The points change, death remains the same...
Former New York Yankees outfielder and broadcaster Bobby Murcer has died from brain cancer, the Yankees said on Saturday.
"Bobby Murcer was a born Yankee, a great guy, very well-liked and a true friend of mine. I will really miss the guy," Yankees chairman George Steinbrenner said in a statement.Congratulations and 24 points awarded to Yiz-Score: 2007 DP Champ. The Rosters and Standings have been updated.
It's been a week since we reported about Bobby Murcer's latest health scare. Let's check in to see how it all turned out:
Bobby Murcer, the former Yankee and current YES announcer, learned yesterday morning that a recent MRI image that had concerned doctors turned out to be scar tissue, not a recurrence of cancer.Murcer hopes to be ready for broadcasting duties on Opening Day at the end of the month. This recent scare strikes us more as a balk than a free pass.
"We received great news this morning," he said in a statement issued by YES. "The biopsy revealed scar tissue. It showed no signs of cancer. We are very excited about this news. It's what we had hoped for all along."
Former Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer’s battle with brain cancer may have taken a turn for the worse, the Daily News has learned.
According to an emotional e-mail sent to friends Thursday from Murcer’s wife, Kay, the Yankee broadcaster will undergo a brain biopsy on Monday in Houston after an MRI revealed an “area that doctors are concerned about.”Murcer has spent much of his life in the Yankees organization, playing two stints with the team as well as serving as a broadcaster for the past 25 years since his retirement.
“Please pray that it will be determined to be necrosis (scar tissue from the radiation), and not another cancerous tumor,” Kay wrote in her e-mail. “It’s one of the two.”
