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This Week in Mets Quotes: Remembering Rusty Staub, first impressions of Mickey Callaway, and more

Rusty Staub: 1944-2018

“My mother’s brother was a policeman killed in the line of duty in New Orleans. I was just a little kid, sitting on my bed with my mom and my brother saying the rosary, and I never got over that. Then, in 1984, I was sitting in my old restaurant when a cop I knew was killed, leaving a wife and three kids. I remember saying to [longtime friend and foundation cofounder] Frank [Brennan]: ‘Someone needs to do something about this.’”-Rusty Staub [New York Daily News]

“For more than thirty years, Rusty dedicated his life to helping others.