MONTREAL—The Montreal Expos’ first year in baseball was a joyous time, and at the centre of it all was Le Grand Orange. Read more: Opinion | Richard Griffin: Expos’ Rusty Staub deserves his place in Canadian Baseball Hall of FameArticle Continued BelowNew book provides personal look at Montreal Expos’ wild history “Everybody loved Rusty,” said Claude Raymond, the pitcher from St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., who was Staub’s teammate in the Expos’ early years. Rusty Staub, left, then a member of the New York Mets, speaks with Montreal Expos hitting coach Duke Snider in this May 20, 1974 file photo. “Rusty Staub was our country’s first major league superstar,” Hall of Fame director of operations Scott Crawford said in a statement. “He may have only played three-and-a-half seasons with the Montreal Expos, but he gave his heart and soul to the franchise and to the city of Montreal.

Source: thestar March 29, 2018 14:49 UTC