RIP Vida Blue....

[BBUK]

What a joy to watch pitch... God Bless his family...

Vida Blue, 3-time World Series champion and Oakland A's Hall of Fame pitcher, dies at 73

Blue spent nine of his 17 seasons in Oakland. He also played for the Giants and Royals.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[WayneDougan]

When I was a kid I was a psuedo baseball historian as I studied the "1989 Baseball Encyclopedia" quite a bit (it's still in my office). I loved the stats from the 20's through the early 60's - primarily because I liked the ridiculous offensive numbers. But the blind spot I've always had was for the late 60's through the end of the mid 80's when I started following the game.

My point mentioning this is that you could have told me Vida Blue was a Negro League pitcher from the 30's and I would have believed you. I'd heard of him, but I had no idea he was part of those A's dynasty teams from the 70's. It was cool going through his stats today. What a great name, too. RIP Vida.

 

[Rockford]

Went to see a Reds/Giants DH in the late 70s.

Jim Barr started game 1 for the Giants, can't remember who for the Reds... away, final was 2-1

Vida Blue vs Tom Seaver was the matchup for the second game..... final score ...... 9-8

Go figure!

 

[jameslee32]

RIP but don't be sad.

 

[JDHoss]

Terrible news...

 

[BBUK]

He is now...

 

[BBUK]

Oh Linda...

 

[jameslee32]

 

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