Ron Hunt Passes Away

The Mets announced that former big leaguer Ron Hunt has passed away at the age of 85. Hunt played in 12 big league seasons as a prototypical old-school scrappy guy. He didn’t have much power but was difficult to strike out and got on base by intentionally getting hit by pitches with regularity. “Some folks give their bodies to science,” he once said. “I gave mine to baseball.” A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Hunt was signed out of high school by the Milwaukee Braves. Before reaching the majors, he was purchased by the Mets in October of 1962. The…