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FritzPeterson.org THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE
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FAREWELL TO THURMAN MUNSON (ENTIRE GAME) (August 6th
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Forty years ago, Bobby Murcer stood tall for the Yankees and their