" He belongs in the Hall of Fame !!"
I admit I am not the biggest fan of Marty Noble. There are times that he comes across as condescending to us Mets fans when it comes to his weekly mailbag, and there has always seems ( in my opinion at least) that there is a anti Mets bias.
But for a change I will be fair to Mr. Noble and I urge you to read his piece on Rusty Staub and his chances of getting into the Hall Of Fame, and why he should be enshrined in Cooperstown.
Go to http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101203&content_id=16246498&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym and tell me if you aren’t moved by the sentiments that Marty expresses for the Goodwill Ambassador of our beloved Mets.
9 comments
Mr North Jersey
12/4/2010-3:21pm at 3:21 pm (UTC -4)
Rusty if u home rite now we really should try to do a teamviewer session and try and work on some things.
rustyjr
12/4/2010-3:23pm at 3:23 pm (UTC -4)
Lol I’m out at the store – tomorrow perhaps ?
Mr North Jersey
12/4/2010-3:33pm at 3:33 pm (UTC -4)
i was afraid you was not going to be available now. it seems we can never got on the same page.
hit me with a message of the hours you will be available tomorrow and preferably today at our groups page and i’ll see if we can find a reasonable time for both of us.
rustyjr
12/4/2010-3:43pm at 3:43 pm (UTC -4)
K
metsfan4decades
12/4/2010-5:23pm at 5:23 pm (UTC -4)
The HOF has become so subjective anymore. It was supposed to be for the cream of the crop. Whether you think Rusty is deserving or not based on his own stats, there is one thing that weighs heavily in his favor, IMO. He’s more deserving that a good many that have already been elected.
rustyjr
12/4/2010-5:33pm at 5:33 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed
stickguy
12/4/2010-7:16pm at 7:16 pm (UTC -4)
rusty was an excellent player. Probably one of the more overlooked (underrated? maybe underappreciated is the best word) of his generation.
oleosmirf
12/4/2010-9:31pm at 9:31 pm (UTC -4)
while I never saw him play, his numbers are just not good enough for the HOF.
hazmet
12/4/2010-10:37pm at 10:37 pm (UTC -4)
Rusty was my second favorite Met growing up after Seaver. Great player, often wonder if he decided to opt for staying a DH instead of returning to the Mets if he’d have padded his numbers enough to be a HOF’r. Would most likely have had 3000 hits and certainly 300 HR’s. Just looking at his stats again and the one that just jumped out at me as new is: 888 strikeouts in 23 years. Clearly an indicator of not only his great eye and recognition of the strike zone but of how strikeouts were viewed in that era and players strived to not rack up strikeouts. Fast forward to today and as a comparison D. Wrights transformation into a strikeout machine has him at 800 strikeouts in 7 years.