Gene Mauch

Howie had had an automobile accident in spring training, set him a couple of weeks behind, so the work that he got in the Pacific Coast League was invaluable to him.

He's looked very sharp on the mound for the Expos, and manager Gene Mauch feels that, uh, the addition of Reed to the starting rotation is gonna be a big plus here as the season goes along.

So Howie Reed, right-hander, will be the pitcher for Montreal against the Cardinal right-hander, Nelson Briles.

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Bob Uller, representing manager Gene Mauch of the Expos, and Red Schoendienst, representing himself, are handing in their lineups to the umpires at home plate in the pregame conference.

The umpires for tonight's ball game, or this afternoon's game, Al Barlick behind the plate, Ed Vargo at first base, John Kibler at second, and Andy Olsen at third base.

So Seaver is way ahead of Rusty Staub and afford to waste a couple of pitches.

I think if it was late in the ballgame, the eighth or ninth inning, Russ, and the situation was gonna mean winning or losing the game, I think, uh, Gene Mauch could have any of those guys bunting, but early in the game, no. Foul right up into the booth.

And I'll tell you, it just missed one of those $50,000 color TV cameras by about two inches, but a cameraman has himself a souvenir ball.

Oh and two the count.

Beautiful color picture of the Montreal Expos team, picture taken down at spring training in West Palm Beach in Florida.

And information on all the Expo personnel.

I say all the personnel, not only the players with action pictures and all that, not only manager Gene Mauch and his coaches, but also a lot of the people behind the scenes in the Expos.

It's quite a story, and this, of course, being an historic year for baseball, the 100th anniversary of, uh, baseball, and also the expansion year where so many teams, uh, have come into Major League Baseball, four teams also, two in the National and two in the American.

The Expos were indeed happy at the fine turnout last night, over 19,000 fans for the first night game of the season at, uh, Jerry Park.

The Expos were delighted at the turnout, but the players themselves, I know manager Gene Mauch, were not delighted at the outcome.

Sure, they wanted to win last night's, uh, ballgame, but even more so because of the big crowd that turned out and was ready to cheer them on.

That cheer that went up for John Bateman's home run to tie the score at one all in the seventh inning last night was really something to hear.

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Don Cardwell.

Kranepool at third, Collins at second, Grote at first, the runners, and the batter is the pitcher, Don Cardwell, and Gene Mauch is out to the mound.

But he didn't stay long.

Hunt crosses the plate, and the Expos are leading by a score of seven to five, and the bases still are loaded.

Bob Bailey calling for a word from manager Gene Mauch.

Mauch wanted to say a word to Bailey before he came up.

Bailey was credited with a double in the fifth inning, and the official scorer called it a double and two runs batted in on a ball hit between the legs of Wayne Garrett at third.

Richie Ashburn will be representing the New York Mets.

Following the two-day break for the All-Star Game, the Mets open at home on Wednesday night against Gene Mauch's Philadelphia Phillies.

That'll be a night game Wednesday night and a day game Thursday Robinson, Ray Dopensen, Bob Perkey, and all the gang from Cincinnati come in for five games in three days.

Friday night, doubleheader Saturday, doubleheader Sunday.

Robby's looking forward to going to the instructional league.

He is most pleased with the opportunity that manager Gene Mauch has given him.

Fine young right-hander, Jerry Robertson.

Roberto Clemente gets a nice hand as he steps up here.

It's fouled up to the upper deck.

Count's one and two, one ball and two strikes.

I know it was a big moment for Gene Mauch, Expos' firebrand manager, a hard-nosed individual at times, was a little bit of a, a softie in his speech.

Gene almost choked up.

Both had the stitches removed this afternoon.

Both can be used by manager Gene Mauch.

Al Jackson winds to pitch to Rojas, a ground ball knocked down by Smiddy.

He picks it up, throws.

He got Dick Stuart in the first inning.

Now two outs and nobody on, and Pat Corrales, the catcher, comes up.

This hitting has been a very pleasant surprise to Gene Mauch since he came up from Arkansas.

He's hitting .321.