On September 24 , 1968 — September 24, 1968: During the second inning of a 7-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves , New York Mets Manager Gil Hodges turns to his pitching coach Rube Walker and asks him to “take over.” Hodges spent the next four days in a Atlanta hospital. The New York skipper, who will die
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