R. I. P. Le Grande Orange - Rusty Staub Gone at Age 73

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

One of my first heroes in baseball, saw him play many times at old Jarry Park in Montreal before he was traded to the Mets.

 

Great Arm and especially RBI man. RIP

[SinceThe70s]

He only played part of his career with the Mets and his best years we're probably with other teams, but the Mets fanbase loved him.

 

In the early 80's me and two friends went to Nostalgia Night at Shea. They were giving way NY Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers hats. Late in the game Rusty came up as a PH and hit a screaming line drive HR into the loge section....except it was a foul ball. A pitch or two later he hit a HR over the wall in RCF and one friend (a Yankee fan) called it a bloop HR setting off a fierce, beer-fueled debate. To this day we still laugh about the bloop HR.

 

I also remember in 1973 when he injured his shoulder running into the RF wall during the playoffs . He ended up playing WS games in RF where he could only throw the ball back to the infield underhanded.

 

RIP Rusty. Thanks for the memories!

[Gugny]

RIP.

 

#LGM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!