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RIP Vida Blue (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=348646)

As a Pirates fan, that brought back a ton of childhood memories.

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Originally Posted by EPodolak (Post 16936606)

Unique names were a requirement on his teams. Rollie Fingers, Sal Bando, Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom...

And mustaches!

I remember taking our daughters to see him pitch.

We had great seats and could really see him work.

RIP to one of the best Mr. Vida Blue!

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 16936668)

**** Charlie Finley. Took them away with all those hall of fame players waiting for stardom in the minors. No good one who sucks the penis.

Was disappointed in 71 when they came to town and due to rainout somewhere, instead of seeing Blue, I saw Pat Dobson against Jim Rooker. And later that year saw Catfish beat Al Fitzmorris 2-1.

Blue got lit up pretty well in the 71 ASG. Of course he was facing some seriously great hitters. Gave up HR’s to Bench, Aaron and Clemente. And Reggie hit one into the light standard at Tiger stadium that game. Tony Kubek swore it was leaving Tiger Stadium if it hadn’t hit the lights.

The A’s were still fresh in my mind in those days. They won 101 games that year but lost to the Orioles. What a team they had.

You had me at “**** Charlie Finley.”

I had a red Vida Blue baseball glove as a kid. Loved that glove; probably still my favorite glove to this day....

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 16936501)

RIP
Best name in baseball. It just sounds ultra cool.

I remember watching him at Royals Stadium in the early 70 s when the A’s came to town. Great pitcher.

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Back in the early oughts Page McConnell, the keyboard player for Phish, had a side project called Vida Blue named after this man. Rest in Peace Vida