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Message: [QUOTE="AirForceOrange, post: 2153136, member: 1668"] [URL="http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/78478/real-or-not-theres-a-new-mickey-mantle-rangers-wont-make-playoffs"]Real or not? There's a new Mickey Mantle, Rangers won't make the playoffs[/URL] For a few hours Wednesday, we had another one. Yankees radio broadcaster Suzyn Waldman repeated a rumor she had heard that prospect Clint Frazier asked if the team ever unretired numbers. He wanted to wear No. 7, which just happens to be retired in honor of Mickey Mantle. Later, everyone from Frazier to general manager Brian Cashman denied it happened. Waldman apologized. Frazier said on Twitter that he would "never ask for a legend's number." WOW!! Way to alienate one of the top prospects in the farm system Suzyn... I would have had a tough time believing that story anyways, a good majority of players are aware of baseball history and traditions and respect them... [/QUOTE]