Even rusty staub the on deck batter seemed awed.
Rusty staub forbes field roof.
Houston s 3 5 rusty staub became the 10th player to reach the right field roof in forbes field but his homer which had given the astros a 6 0 lead over pittsburgh 7 2 was not enough as the.
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It took a tremendous blast to hit a home run over the 86 foot high right field roof at pittsburgh s forbes field.
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As an aside that wall remains standing at the forbes field site preserved after the stadium was torn down in the 1970s.
From the time of the roof s construction in 1925 until the stadium s final game in june 1970 only 18 balls hit by 10 different players ever cleared the roof among the men who accomplished the feat were some of the most prodigious sluggers of all time.
Daniel joseph rusty staub april 1 1944 march 29 2018 was an american professional baseball player and television color commentator he played in major league baseball for 23 seasons as a right fielder designated hitter and first baseman a six time all star known for his hitting prowess staub produced 2 716 hits over his playing career just 284 hits shy of the 3 000 hit plateau.
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Pirates went on to win 9 6.
Rusty staub hit a home run that we thought we would catch but it hit the roof and bounced over.
More importantly on july 23 manager harry craft started wynn in center field for the first time a position of great need for the club and one wynn would.
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