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Published: July 13, 2008
Murcer should be like Mantle — unforgettable
By John Rohde
Bobby Murcer was supposed to be the next Mickey Mantle .

Now Murcer is seated next to him.

Sadly for us, Murcer's courageous battle against cancer is one he could not win. So was his impossible quest to make people forget that Mantle once played center field in Yankee Stadium .

Murcer was not the next Mantle. There still hasn't been a next Mantle.

Murcer was saddled with a task no mortal could ever a...

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