Keith has such a tender heart for these things. Tough time for him as I write this with both Tom Seaver and Lou Brock passing just a week ago. Keith just managed to mention Brock two days ago, 6 days after his death.
I grew up in N.Y. state. Watched a lot of Met games. Rusty was a great hitter and a fabulous teammate. I never heard anyone that played with him that had anything bad to say about him. RIP Rusty.
When I first started collecting bb cards we would go for the players that played for 15-20 years. Like Rusty, Jim Kaat, Gaylord Perry, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell,ect....we knew those guys loved the game and excelled at it.
Looking back it's a shame Rusty was forced to retire after the'85 season and couldn't be kept on for the WS team in '86 as some type of reward for having to play on those lousy teams in the early 80's.
I met Staub in the late 80s in Florida at a golf course I worked at where the Mets played spring training. There was a tournament with Mets players and a party after. Being from Detroit I saw Staub play in the 70s. He pulled up in his car and popped the trunk. I immediately recognized him. I walked up, introduced myself and as I started to tell him I was a fan and saw him play Staub cut me off. I tried again and he interrupted me and said "make sure this case of wine is put in a cool place". He owned restaurants in NYC at the time. I wasn't happy with being snubbed. I told Staub quickly "I'm from Detroit, I saw you play, and my favorite memory of your career was the 76 all star game in which you started in rightfield" ( Staud had butchered a hit to left, a single that got by him and was turned into a triple) He squinted his eyes at me, curled his mouth, and walked away from me. I put his wine in a cool place. At the party afterwards the waitresses were complaining about "that red headed dick". I went to the store and bought some cheap wine. At the end of the night Staub walked out and barked at me to get his wine. I got his wine and put it in his trunk. He drove away. I wonder how far Staub got before he found out that the wine he had in that case originally had been replaced by 12 bottles of cheap Gallo wine. Each actress and a few others that had the misfortune of being around Rusty Staub that night got a bottle of Rusty Staubs wine.
Keith has such a tender heart for these things.
Tough time for him as I write this with both Tom Seaver and Lou Brock passing just a week ago.
Keith just managed to mention Brock two days ago, 6 days after his death.
I grew up in N.Y. state. Watched a lot of Met games. Rusty was a great hitter and a fabulous teammate. I never heard anyone that played with him that had anything bad to say about him. RIP Rusty.
Ugh... poor Keith must be devastated losing Rusty two years ago, then Tom Seaver 6 days ago & now Lou Brock his teammate with the Cardinals..
I lived in NYC when Rusty was a Met. He was a good guy.
When I first started collecting bb cards we would go for the players that played for 15-20 years. Like Rusty, Jim Kaat, Gaylord Perry, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell,ect....we knew those guys loved the game and excelled at it.
Very touching - Losing a lot of MLB greats from the past now.
Looking back it's a shame Rusty was forced to retire after the'85 season and couldn't be kept on for the WS team in '86 as some type of reward for having to play on those lousy teams in the early 80's.
Keith and Rusty were very close friends.
Genuine ⭐️💖
I remember Rusty,he was a great player.
Rusty was my grandmas second fav player next to Mookie 😥
Rusty was great. Keith is great. Baseball is the best.
Remember that time Keith asked Jerry to help him move?
His nickname in Montreal was great- "Le Grand Orange"
I met Staub in the late 80s in Florida at a golf course I worked at where the Mets played spring training. There was a tournament with Mets players and a party after.
Being from Detroit I saw Staub play in the 70s.
He pulled up in his car and popped the trunk. I immediately recognized him. I walked up, introduced myself and as I started to tell him I was a fan and saw him play Staub cut me off. I tried again and he interrupted me and said "make sure this case of wine is put in a cool place". He owned restaurants in NYC at the time. I wasn't happy with being snubbed. I told Staub quickly "I'm from Detroit, I saw you play, and my favorite memory of your career was the 76 all star game in which you started in rightfield" ( Staud had butchered a hit to left, a single that got by him and was turned into a triple) He squinted his eyes at me, curled his mouth, and walked away from me. I put his wine in a cool place.
At the party afterwards the waitresses were complaining about "that red headed dick". I went to the store and bought some cheap wine.
At the end of the night Staub walked out and barked at me to get his wine. I got his wine and put it in his trunk. He drove away.
I wonder how far Staub got before he found out that the wine he had in that case originally had been replaced by 12 bottles of cheap Gallo wine. Each actress and a few others that had the misfortune of being around Rusty Staub that night got a bottle of Rusty Staubs wine.