Expos’ Rusty Staub, left, and Marv Staehle before the team’s home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals at Jarry Park on April 8, 1970 in Montreal. City of Montreal Archives Candice Laflamme ...

Three years after his death, Rusty Staub lives in the hearts of those who loved him. The revered Mets star endures in the home of Theresa Giammona, whose firefighter husband died on 9/11 in the ...

Somewhere, Rusty Staub had to be smiling. The Mets icon, who died after a lengthy illness on March 29, received a hero’s goodbye Wednesday afternoon in a memorial Mass at stately St. Patrick’s ...

Rusty Staub was a big man—a 6-foot-2-inch slugger who hit towering home runs during a long Major League Baseball career. He also had a big heart, both as a player who loved delighting his fans and as ...

This Friday, Rusty Staub will reach his first birthday of afterlife. Even the most secular of people would agree the great Mets hitter and humanitarian is still very much alive a year after his ...

Rusty Staub, the godfather of baseball in Canada, a cult hero for generations of fans in New York and Montreal, a bon vivant and beloved teammate, and one of the most prolific athlete ...

Rusty Staub, the red-haired, clutch-hitting “Le Grand Orange,” who became Montreal’s first Major League Baseball hero and who was a star player with the New York Mets and other teams during ...

NEW YORK -- Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) Rusty Staub was a huge hit on both sides of the border. Instantly recognizable for his fiery orange hair and gregarious personality, the outfielder who charmed baseball fans in the ...