RIP Rusty Staub

[darwinbulldog]

A tip of the hat to my fellow Jesuit Blue Jay. Requiescat in pace, Mr. Staub.

[Cliff Bowman]

According to Wikipedia he is the only player to have 500 hits with four different teams. He, Ty Cobb, Alex Rodriguez, and Gary Sheffield are the only players ever to hit a home run before turning 20 and after turning 40.

[ALR-bishop]

[ejharrington]

Caught him at the end of his career, one of my all-time favorites. I remember him winning the Skoal Pinch Hitter of the Year award in 1983...

[guy3050]

My First Sports hero , I grew up a 5 minute walk from Jarry Park , my second home was the left field bleachers known as jonesville (Named after Mack Jones) , heres the watch I recieved at my first communion I still have it , and a picture I got signed by Rusty a few years ago of him playing right field in Jarry park

IMG_0224 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

IMG_0218 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[Stampsfan]

Guy, you and I share similar memories growing up.

I lived a 20 minute walk from the Olympic Stadium, and a 90 minute bus, subway, subway, and bus to Jarry Park. And when you're 10, 11, or 12 years old, it simply didn't matter.

As I've said before, a small part of my youth disappears forever when someone of this stature (for me) passes on. I still have the newspaper clipping when he was traded to the Mets for Jorgensen, Singleton, and Foli.

Thanks for the childhood memories, Mr. Staub.

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

Guy, you and I share similar memories growing up.

I lived a 20 minute walk from the Olympic Stadium, and a 90 minute bus, subway, subway, and bus to Jarry Park. And when you're 10, 11, or 12 years old, it simply didn't matter.

As I've said before, a small part of my youth disappears forever when someone of this stature (for me) passes on. I still have the newspaper clipping when he was traded to the Mets for Jorgensen, Singleton, and Foli.

Thanks for the childhood memories, Mr. Staub.

Yes alot of memories , If you notice in the upper leftside of my picture you will see the diving board of the Jarry Park swimming pool , I use to watch games from that diving board when I was not even ten yet , If I remember right Rusty and Willie stargell are the only players to hit a homerun into the pool.