Roger Craig

Hobie will bat eighth.

Pitching and batting ninth, veteran right-hander Roger Craig.

For the St. Louis Cardinals, and they feel they have a team that'll be a strong contender for the National League pennant, Curt Flood will be in center field leading off.

Julian Javier at second base batting second.

And the National League now is back in New York after an absence of four years.

Managed by Casey Stengel, with George Weiss running the front office- Veteran coaching staff of Charlie Hemelt, Cookie Lavagetto, Roger Sorensen, Red Ruffing, Red Press, and a starting game tonight that is truly a veteran ball club.

This incidentally, with the exception of Roger Craig, is the exact personnel that played the very first spring training game for the New York Mets on the fifth of March against the same St. Louis Cardinals.

And if you'll recall, Roger Craig actually was to pitch that day, but injured a muscle in his back sliding a couple of days before and had to bypass that turn.

We're ready now for the fifth game of the World Series, and the umpires who will work today's game are Group Teron Casey Stangle, back of the plate.

The starting pitchers for the New York Yankees, Bob Grimm, still going on with his warm-ups, and the youngster, Roger Craig, who will work for the Brooklyn Dodgers, concluding his warm-ups.

The sun has favored us with its brilliant rays, and while the temperature is in the cool 60s, at least the day is a happy one.

And it's a happy one especially for the Dodger fans who came home here to Ebbets Field, trailing by two games after the Yankees had won the first 2-6-5-4-2.

Jackie Robinson will play third base, bat seven.

And Sandy Amoros will be in left field for the Brooklyn Dodgers and will bat eight.

Roger Craig will go to the mound for the Dodgers, and this is his first World Series appearance.

He's a big, tall right-hander, 6'4", weighs approximately 178 pounds.

He won more games than anyone in the major leagues.

His mound opponent will be the 28-year-old Carolinian Roger Craig.

Craig is a much better pitcher than he performed in Chicago.

Most of us know that.

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Today, with Roger Craig not yet emerged from the Dodger dugout.

The boys moving down to the bullpen.

That pitch not even close, and that looks like the last pitch that Clay Kirby's going to throw.

It is, as Roger Craig, the pitching coach, comes out to the mound.

Kirby, who has had great stuff, suddenly losing control and walking four batters in a row, and the Mets taking a two-nothing lead after a two-out single by Bud Harrelson.

And we pause for station identification.

the Mets have the walks to help their cause.

Their second walk in this inning, and now runners at first and second with one out.

It brings out Roger Craig, the pitching coach of the Padres.

The Mets now have had six walks in this game.

And we're gonna have some action in the Cardinals' bullpen.

Roger Craig, a right-hander, gets up.

Tresch at second, Eagan at first.

One out.

So it's base runners now at first and second, and Mickey Mantle is the hitter.

Johnny Keane, the Cardinal manager, pacing in the dugout.

They have a right-hander Roger Craig, a right-hander Ron Taylor warming up down in the bullpen.

Mantle was out on strikes and he bounced out.

The question as to whether he'll be able to assume the starting role tomorrow.

If he can't make it, then it will be either Danny McDevitt or Roger Craig, depending upon the bullpen activity today.

Drysdale delivers two and two, and a sharp curve, a half swing, but Moran checks and it's full count.

We have about 5,000 Knothole youngsters out there in left field, plus a number of ladies, so we're guaranteed we'll have quite a bit of noise here today, which is always the way to have it.

We've seen this happen many times.

I, I've seen Roger Craig, for instance.

He might go 12, 13 times to first base, especially these pitchers with a good move to first base.

And Gilliam in the meantime is just standing there.

Landis started the World Series in a blaze of glory.

Batting against Roger Craig last Thursday, the first three times at the plate, he picked up singles.

And in the first inning of the first game here in California, he made one of the greatest catches I've ever seen on a ball that was looped into right center by Junior Gilligan.

He's quite a ball player.