RIP Art Rust

A true pioneer in sports radio.

The first talk show host I ever listened to.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/sports/14rust.html?hpw

 

I remember as a young kid listening to Rust's show while in the car with my dad.

RIP

 

He had a great memory, it was cool listening to him talk about games he went to with his dad.

R.I.P

 

RIP, Mr. Rust.

Where else can one go these days to hear thoughtful, meatball-free sports talk radio?

 

That was Art's show in a nutshell. He was a class act.

He made the 1980's nightly drive time sitting a various traffic clogged NY arteries bearable.

He is now in the big ball orchard in the sky . RIP

 

art was a good guy. i was a guest on his show maybe a half-dozen times, twice in studio. he had some, um, issues -- he was famous for asking guests in the biz if they had some cash to spare (to help with gamblng debts) -- but he didn't have a hurtful bone in his body.

and he had a great memory.

rip, my friend.

good night, art and edna, baby. :'(

 

My brother called in when he was a freshman in HS. We'd recently moved to NJ. He called Art to talk about the Tigers. Art was classy enough to humor him.

 

Somebody called into Francesa and brought up Art's passing, inviting a reaction. The Big Guy barely raised an eyebrow

 

I was wondering about this.

Anyone with any class would have mentioned it and paid tribute to Rust. It shouldn't have even taken a caller to bring up the subject.

Without Rust's success on WABC, there might not have even been a WFAN.

People forget how revolutionary -- and questionable -- a decision it was to go all sports talk when WFAN launched.

What an egomaniac he is to not even acknowledge the passing of a pioneer like Rust.

 

You can't be surprised.

 

Was anything but a compulsive Rust listener, but he surely had his place.

And I always give bonus points to guys who don't automatically shift into oaf mode when compelled
to handle callers.

 

First off, RIP to a great pioneer and great human being. Art Rust ventured into lilly white press boxes and earned his respect from those who wouldn't have given him the time of day had he not had a microphone in his hand. Darryl Strawberry looked up to him as a father figure of sorts. Rust was the oldest African Americans who worked the Mets locker room at that time. I don't recall anyone black or white or Hispanic saying anything bad about him. Rust and the late great Larry Whiteside always had great stories to tell whenever they got together.
You're right about WFAN. They should've given Rust a call or something. I don't know the particulars but I think the powers that be didn't think 1, he was needed and 2, they already had one African American voice in Dave Sims, the current TV voice of the Seattle Mariners.
Finally, Fuck Mike Francesa. If he knew as much as he think he does, he'd be a dangerous person. While I respect his opinion on various subjects, I'm not caught up with his big ego. His not giving condolence to the passing of Art Rust Jr. isn't surprising. Francesa has never been known as a class act.