Numero uno
Up to now, the RedHawks had never retired a number. But at the home opener Friday night (would have been the ninth game of the season, PCL scheduling being what it is, but Sunday at Memphis was rained out), Oklahoma City’s Triple-A ball club will retire the number of a former New York Yankee: Bobby Murcer (1946-2008), born here in Oklahoma City, a four-time American League All-Star (and once for the National League), who most of the time wore #1. (After returning to the Yanks following his NL stint, he took over #2, Billy Martin having appropriated #1.)
I figure the next number to be retired will be that of another Yankee: #7, Mickey Mantle, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. It makes sense, inasmuch as the ‘Hawks play in a park on Mickey Mantle Drive.
