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 ...

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 ...

Whether you connected to Rusty Staub best as a player, as a broadcaster or as a humanitarian — or if you were fortunate enough to know him firsthand — he stood out, right? The red hair.

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 ...

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, left, with Ted Williams in 1999, presumably talking about hitting. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) Hernandez, in the audience for Darling's session with the media, chimed in at the mention ...

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 ...

In many ways and in two languages, Rusty Staub was a big hit and a big help. In Montreal, he was Le Grand Orange, who put major league baseball on the map in Canada. In New York, he helped the ...

Rusty Staub, the Mets right fielder (first baseman) had his best season since being traded to the Mets from the Montreal Expos. That’s not to say the year’s prior for Staub were Swiss cheese.

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 ...