As the Oakland A's are making rumblings about leaving their home city of 50 some years, sad news about Vida Blue, who in the 1970s was perhaps the team's most popular player.
It had been announced that Blue passed away this past weekend (Saturday, May 6th,2023). Blue was on a team that won three world championships in a row, an amazing accomplishment for a relatively small market team that shared area with the San Francisco Giants, and was in a league with powerhouses New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles.
Blue would later pitch for the neighbor Giants and in the A's former home, Kansas City (by then, home of the Royals).
Blue was a 6 time all star, a Cy Young Award winner and an American League MVP. This article by Candace Buckner of the Washington Post, tells of how Blue was born too soon to cash in on his stardom, please click here
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Thank you for the great post Mike. He was one of the great ones.
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