Joseph Oden Rudi (born September 7, 1946 in Modesto, California) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics (1967–76, 1982), California Angels (1977–80) and Boston Red Sox (1981). He batted and threw right-handed. He currently works in real estate in Baker City, Oregon.
He is a long-time amateur radio operator with the call sign NK7U.
Rudi batted a career-high .309 in 1970 and had a career-best 181 hits in 1972. That year, he helped the Athletics win the World Series and made a great game-saving catch in Game 2 that would be the highlight reel for many Major League Baseball films. With Tony Pérez on first and Oakland leading 2-0 in the ninth inning, Rudi raced to the left-field fence and made a leaping, backhanded catch of Denis Menke's smash to save a run. Earlier in the game, Rudi hit a solo home run.
In 1974 he had a career best 22 home runs and 99 runs batted in and hit a home run in Game 5 of the 1974 World Series off Mike Marshall that would turn out to be the game winner and Series clincher. Rudi's Athletics became the first team since the 1949–1953 New York Yankees to win 3 straight World Championships.
Para ti tan solo soy el amigo que ya hace falta
Cuando las cosas en tu vida ya no van como esperabas
Ese hombre complaciente, siempre con risa en la cara
Que con una sola frase, te devuelve la esperanza
Para ti no tengo sexo, ni sentimientos ni mas nada
Y si toco a tu puerta, hablando llega la mañana
Y me llevas a tu cuarto, y me sientas en tu cama
No adivinas mis deseos cuando miro yo tu falda
Coro:
Un amigo que no puede aguantar mas estas ganas
De sentirte y abrazarte y enredarte en su alma
Un amigo que se muere porque sepas lo que pasa
Y tu sigues tan tranquila, y tu que no sabes nada
Tu no sospechas que
Cuando me besas se queda temblando mi cara
Tu no sospechas que
Cuando me rozas sin darte cuenta me robas la calma
Tu no sospechas que
Cuando hablamos no advierto a escuchar tus palabras
Porque no sabes que
Cuando yo miro tu boca inocente quisiera besarla
Quisiera tenerla por siempre en la mia
Tu no sospechas que, que de esta forma yo te quiero
(repite coro)
Tu no sospechas que, que de esta forma yo te quiero