Bud Harrelson, the shortstop on the Mets’ first two World Series teams and later the club’s manager for parts of two seasons, died early Thursday morning at a hospice home in East Northport on ...

He stayed with the Mets as a coach and, briefly, manager. By Richard Goldstein Bud Harrelson, the slick-fielding shortstop who helped take the Mets to their astonishing 1969 World Series ...

NEW YORK — Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship in 1969 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship ...

NEW YORK -- Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died early ...

Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died Wednesday.

And not just for his stint as a coach on the Mets’ 1986 championship team and as their manager in 1990 and ’91. Bud Harrelson catches the ceremonial first pitch before a Long Island Ducks game ...

NEW YORK – Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died ...

(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) NEW YORK – Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an ...