Word: foly
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...other trades before the season started the Mets acquired Outfielder Rusty Staub from the Montreal Expos and Infielder Jim Fregosi from the California Angels. In the process they gave up promising young prospects such as Tim Foli and Mike Jorgensen; it was a calculated gamble to land established stars who might help the Mets win a pennant this year. And so far it seems to have worked. During his three years with the Expos, the hard-hitting Staub received the sort of adulation that Canadians usually reserve for hockey players. He was nicknamed "Le Grand Orange" (for his flaming...