Posted on 03/29/2018 5:39:06 AM PDT by NJRighty
In every way, Rusty Staub, the beloved Mets' hitting icon, who passed away early Thursday morning at age 73, was bigger than life — a bigger-than-life baseball personality, humanitarian, gourmet chef, wine connoisseur, friend-to-all and, to the fans of Montreal, quite simply, "Le Grand Orange."
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Staub died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Palm Beach, Florida, due to multiple organ failure. He was initially admitted with pneumonia, dehydration and an infection and had spent the last eight weeks in the hospital. He would have turned 74 on Sunday.
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Interesting. Again, thanks.
Thanks for the ping; post. R.I.P. Rusty.
Gene Elston, Loel Passe and Harry Kalas.
Sonny Jackson, Jim Wynn, Pete Runnells, John Bateman, Joe Morgan, Mike Cuellar, Cesar Cedeno.
Until the Rangers came to Arlington the Colt 45s and Astros were our team, too.
RIP.
Don’t forget Vladimir Guerrero, Pedro Martinez or even Andre Dawson.
Memories!
I can’t recall the address. I worked 49th and Park in the Helmsley building. The wife and kids were in the city for something so i took a few hours and took them to lunch. He had some wine collection. Huge Jeraboam bottles out on display.
The Expos began in 1969 along with the Padres. 1967 was the year Expo 67 was held where their name came from.
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