It was almost four months ago, back in early April, when WFAN radio analyst Suzyn Waldman reported a false rumor on air regarding Clint Frazier. She stated that the former Yankee prospect asked the organization if they could one day “un-retire” Mickey Mantle’s iconic No. 7.
Once the word was out, fans and pundits erupted. How dare Frazier make such a foolish, impractical, egregious request, and completely disregard Yankee lore and disrespect Mantle’s storied Hall-of-Fame career. Until Frazier responded to the rumor — and along with the Yankees, refuted the story’s claims — one of the franchise’s top farmhands was being chastised before he could even set foot in a Major League ballpark.