Rube Walker

Bruce Fromming, the umpire, looking around.

And Rube Walker, the Met pitching coach, is walking out to the mound.

They may want the grounds crew out here to do a little work.

That area right at

But there's been no appearances yet by any members of the ground crew.

Larry Bittner the on-deck batter is walking back over toward the dugout area.

Now Rube Walker is turning and walking toward the dugout, but Billy Williams, the plate umpire and the senior umpire of this crew, is staying at the mound.

All of that infield is pitching and catching gathered out there.

Montreal in two and two-thirds innings has had...

Seven base runners and Rube Walker, the pitching coach of the Mets, out to the mound to talk to Nino Esparosa.

No action in the bullpen.

Now Rube back to the bench and John Stearns, who is also out to the mound, is coming back to his position behind home plate to set out the sign.

And, of course, no runs batted in as no one scored.

And no one would be credited with an RBI if they had scored.

Now Rube Walker out to the mound again to talk to Dino Espinosa.

And action just starting up in the bullpen.

For New York, Yogi Berra coaching at first base, and Eddie Yost is on the lines at third.

Pitching coach Rube Walker working in the dugout with skipper Gil Hodges, and coach Joe Pignantano takes care of the bullpen, which here in Montreal is down the right field line.

The 3-2 delivery by Stoneman, curve is over, strike three, goal.

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Mets return late after the game on Wednesday night, Thursday a day off.

And their big one on Friday night is Shea against Leo DeRocher's Chicago Cubs.

The way Gil Hodges and Rube Walker have mapped things out, it looks like all four of the big pitchers will be ready to face the Cubs.

Now breaking ball outside, which would mean Jerry Kuzma on Friday night, Gary Gentry on Saturday, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan on Sunday.

And it looks like we're going to get a visitor out to the mound.

Rube Walker.

Son of a gun if I could think of Rube's name right offhand.

But from what the notes say, Myrick's in there for the full nine no matter what happens.

Threw two fastballs by.

He then got him looking at a curveball.

I think Rube Walker must have gone out and said, we're going to take your meal money away from you if you don't pitch better.

Here's George Zebra, the switch-hitting third baseman.

Andre Rogers now on deck for the Chicago Cubs.

Lou Klein is the coach at first, and Berlin Rube Walker is the coach around at third for head coach Bob Kennedy.

Here's the 1-1 pitch.

It's a let-up.

Carlton's pitch, and it is high for a ball.

Now here comes Billy Muffit, the pitching coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, out to the mound.

Billy Muffit goes to the mound.

The New York Mets have won four games in a row.

Hitting cleanup in manager Gil Hodges' Mets batting order.

Blown away.

Manager Gil Hodges keeps his pitching coach Rube Walker in the dugout with him.

He has Coach Eddie Yost at third, Coach Yogi Berra at first, and Coach Joe Figlitano runs the bullpen.

Eddie Yost is on the lines at third.

Pitching coach Rube Walker working in the dugout with Gil, and Joe Pignatano taking care of the bullpen.

Here's the pitch to Tommy, a little skipper down the third base line.

Picking it up is the catcher, May.

They'll open up at Shea Stadium one week from today.

That's Tuesday afternoon, April 14th, the Mets and the Pirates.

Pitching coach Rube Walker has gone out for a word with Tug McGraw.

Walker's coming back to the dugout now.