We pitched lefty and righty, we had Vida and we had Holtzman, we had Blue Moon Odom and Catfish Hunter, and we had a Hall of Famer in the bullpen in Rollie Fingers. We had a couple of setup guys.

Left-handed pitcher Vida Blue, who won the 1971 AL Cy Young and MVP awards as a 21-year-old, and was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Oakland A's has died at the age of 73.

Reggie Jackson, whose three-homer performance in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series against the Dodgers remains a defining moment in Yankees history, takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist ...

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was ...

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson tells his story, his way, ... from Hank Aaron to Vida Blue to Derek Jeter. (The Aaron interview was conducted prior to Aaron's death in 2021.) ...

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was ...

Longtime Oakland A's starting pitcher Vida Blue died over the weekend at the age of 73, ... He was caring,” ex-teammate Reggie Jackson said during an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday.

A six-time All-Star and three-time 20-game winner, Blue helped pitch the Swingin’ A’s, as Charley Finley’s colorful, mustachioed team was known, to consecutive World Series titles from 1972-74 ...

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

(AP) - Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was ...