The Lifelong Journey To World Championships
Albert Bluford “Rube” Walker was born May 16th, 1926 in Lenoir into a poor family. His father would bring home string every day from his job and wrap it around a golf ball until it was the size of a baseball so the children would have baseballs to play with. Despite not having a legitimate, so to speak, baseball to play with Walker showed potential in his childhood. Walker grew up a hardworking individual working on his family’s farm in order to support the family. Playing baseball started with Walker playing as a bat boy for the Lenoir team in the Class D North Carolina State League. Walker’s icon was Rube Robinson, the superstar of the team. He quickly acquired the nickname “Rube”.
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Walker instituted the “Walker’s Law” which stated that since Walker thought there was only so many pitches in an arm, no pitches could be thrown without Walker’s approval. Constructing a change that Walker thought would be beneficial to his pitchers’ strength and health, he invented the five-man rotation. The five-man rotation was something that all teams ended up adopting. Also, Walker named the call of the pitch that became a famous home run: the Bobby Thomson blast in the 1951 National League playoff. However, in 1970 luck started to diminish for Walker and the Mets. Dropping to only 86 wins in 1970 and 1971, they also had terrible seasons in 1972, 1973, and 194 due to an excessive amount of injuries. Claiming his third CY Young Award, Walker left the Mets on a high note in 1975. Walker claimed a pitching coach position for the Atlanta Braves bringing them to win the Western Division title in 1982. However, the Braves lost to St. Louis in the National League Championship Series. Consequently, ending Walker’s nearly 40 years in uniform he was discarded. However, Walker didn’t end his career there. He completed his career by scouting for the Braves and the Cardinals. Devastating news struck Walker after completing his career; in the summer of 1992 information was found that he had lung cancer and later died in December of the same year. However, Walker lived a long substantial life of playing
Albert Bluford “Rube” Walker was born May 16th, 1926 in Lenoir into a poor family. His father would bring home string every day from his job and wrap it around a golf ball until it was the size of a baseball so the children would have baseballs to play with. Despite not having a legitimate, so to speak, baseball to play with Walker showed potential in his childhood. Walker grew up a hardworking individual working on his family’s farm in order to support the family. Playing baseball started with Walker playing as a bat boy for the Lenoir team in the Class D North Carolina State League. Walker’s icon was Rube Robinson, the superstar of the team. He quickly acquired the nickname “Rube”.
Walker’s career …show more content…
Walker instituted the “Walker’s Law” which stated that since Walker thought there was only so many pitches in an arm, no pitches could be thrown without Walker’s approval. Constructing a change that Walker thought would be beneficial to his pitchers’ strength and health, he invented the five-man rotation. The five-man rotation was something that all teams ended up adopting. Also, Walker named the call of the pitch that became a famous home run: the Bobby Thomson blast in the 1951 National League playoff. However, in 1970 luck started to diminish for Walker and the Mets. Dropping to only 86 wins in 1970 and 1971, they also had terrible seasons in 1972, 1973, and 194 due to an excessive amount of injuries. Claiming his third CY Young Award, Walker left the Mets on a high note in 1975. Walker claimed a pitching coach position for the Atlanta Braves bringing them to win the Western Division title in 1982. However, the Braves lost to St. Louis in the National League Championship Series. Consequently, ending Walker’s nearly 40 years in uniform he was discarded. However, Walker didn’t end his career there. He completed his career by scouting for the Braves and the Cardinals. Devastating news struck Walker after completing his career; in the summer of 1992 information was found that he had lung cancer and later died in December of the same year. However, Walker lived a long substantial life of playing