Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander for the Oakland A's who became one of baseball's biggest draws before drug problems, has died. He was 73.
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, has died. He was 73.“There are few players with a more decorated career than Vida Blue,” the team said in a statement Sunday. “Vida will always be a franchise legend and a friend.
A six-time All-Star, Blue helped pitch the Swingin’ A’s, as owner Charley Finley’s colorful, mustachioed team was known, to consecutive World Series titles from 1972-74. Since then, only the 1998-2000 New York Yankees have accomplished the feat.Remembering those who died in 2023, including musicians David Crosby and Burt Bacharach and actors Raquel Welch and Cindy Williams.
“Vida Blue has been a Bay Area baseball icon for over 50 years,” Giants president Larry Baer said in a statement, “His impact on the Bay Area transcends his 17 years on the diamond with the influence he’s had on our community.” Blue was among the players ordered by baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth in 1985 to be subject to random drug testing for the rest of their careers.
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