RIP Rusty Staub, 1944-2018

[Edgy MD]

OK, Jose Oquendo? “I was surprised,” Rusty Staub says, “by how well he handled the bat last year.” Jose Oquendo? How well he handled the bat? A .213 hitter? Rusty Staub obviously isn’t going to say anything bad about anybody. But after you’ve talked for several hours with Rusty Staub, you realize he isn’t bullshitting you, he really believes everything he says. This isn’t a guy who lets “personal loyalty” cloud his judgment, this is a guy for whom “personal loyalty” is his judgment.

Great long article from 1984 by Ross Wetzsteon for by New York Sports magazine, republished at metsmerizedoline.com.

[G-Fafif]

Marty on Rusty...

https://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/remembering-rusty-7cd9a7efa6d2?sf89028264=1