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Rusty Staub, beloved Mets icon, dead at 73
New York Daily News ^
| 3/29/18
| Bill Madden
Posted on 03/29/2018 5:39:06 AM PDT by NJRighty
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Beloved Met, Astro, Tiger and Expo too. His work with the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund, which he established, was wonderful too. RIP Rusty.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:39:06 AM PDT
by
NJRighty
To: NJRighty
2,713 hits is a pretty darn good career. RIP.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:43:03 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: NJRighty
A great baseball player, a great man. RIP ...
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:43:58 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: NJRighty
RIP, good man.
Lets go, Mets!
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:45:28 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: NJRighty
He picked opening day to go....RIP.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:46:49 AM PDT
by
oust the louse
(The LEFT has no principles, it only has goals! They are the party of death, cheating and taxes.)
To: NJRighty
He always seemed like a great guy.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:50:34 AM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: NJRighty
Watched him as a Montreal Expo, RIP.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:53:31 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: NJRighty
Sad news. Rusty was a class act. Today is opening day in NY for the Mets.
Rest in peace.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:57:28 AM PDT
by
MAGA2017
To: OttawaFreeper
Watched him as a Montreal Expo, RIP. I'll always remember him as a Met but I recall how hugely popular he was in Montreal before the Mets traded for him. He was the franchise's first star.
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posted on
03/29/2018 5:57:54 AM PDT
by
NJRighty
("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
To: NJRighty
Le grand orange was how he was known to Expo fans. RIP.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:01:12 AM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: NJRighty
Weird, I was just thinking of Rusty Staub this morning. They were discussing first baseball memories on the radio, this morning. Mine was 1977 Angels vs. Tigers, with my little league team. I remember only two things about that game: Frank Tanana pitched for the Angels (I knew the name from my Kellogg 3-D baseball cards), and Rusty Staub fouled a pitch back up into the screen and it stuck there, the rest of the game.
Much underrated ball player. RIP.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:02:45 AM PDT
by
Chipper
(You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
To: MAGA2017
I remember Rusty as a Tiger Good guy and a clutch hitter which is worth way more then hitting for average.
To: NJRighty
Sad to see players of his caliber go.
May Mr. Staub rest in peace; may Almighty God welcome him home with open arms.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:04:09 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: NJRighty
To: NJRighty
RIP Rusty. One of the Mets I truly liked. (Never a Mets fan
ever!)
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:05:44 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: gibsonguy
i was at Tiger Stadium..center field bleachers...June 1976..Mark Fidrych was pitching in front of 52,000 rowdy fans...and Rusty Staub hit a game winning home run and the place went insane. Great memory..
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:07:34 AM PDT
by
basalt
To: Chipper
Frank Tanana pitched for the Angels (I knew the name from my Kellogg 3-D baseball cards)...Frank Tanana.... saw him pitch a couple of times. His delivery was baffling.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:09:32 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: NJRighty
I remember him well, especially with the Expos... Le Grande Orange!
I read a feature on him back in the 1970s.. he was also quite the chef as well.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:10:27 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberals, go find another country.)
To: NJRighty
He was called the Le Grande Orange while he played in Montreal. As a Mets fan he was one of the few lights during the Mets miserable run during the 70s/early 80s. I remember he had incredible year pinch hitting for the Mets during the 1983 season tying the National League record for consecutive pinch hits.
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posted on
03/29/2018 6:12:55 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: NJRighty
He passed on opening day. RIP.
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