Talk:Vida Blue

please cite your sources

Where is the citation for "Blue battled drug addiction over the course of baseball career."?

Please sign your posts, and for your viewing pleasure I'll dig up a reference to Blue's cocaine habit. Shouldn't be hard. WilyD 20:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Something's missing

After Blue's breakthrough season in 1971, Blue and Athletics owner Charles Finley clashed over his salary. Blue held out, missing much of the year, ending up with a 6-10 record. He didn't even make the Athletics' post-season starting rotation, pitching in relief against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1972 World Series. Why is there no mention of the contract squabble between Blue and Finley? To me, that's a glaring gap in Blue's biography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.118.232.189 (talk) 19:57, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Interesting trick trivia question

Vida Blue is the answer to an intereting trick trivia question: who was the last switch-hitter to win the American League MVP award. If you can figure out a way to work this into the article, Go for it!. Ellsworth (talk) 02:24, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Here's the way I ask the Vida Blue 'trick' trivia question:

In 2011 Justin Verlander became one of the few pitchers in MLB history to win the Cy Young award and a League MVP award in the same season. Keeping that in mind, name the last American League M. V. P. that was a switch hitter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.10.240.113 (talk) 21:02, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Ｉｔａｌｉｃ 139.178.128.13 (talk) 05:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

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After Blue's breakthrough season in 1971, Blue and Athletics owner Charles Finley clashed over his salary. Blue held out, missing much of the year, ending up with a 6-10 record. He didn't even make the Athletics' post-season starting rotation, pitching in relief against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1972 World Series. Why is there no mention of the contract squabble between Blue and Finley? To me, that's a glaring gap in Blue's biography.

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is he dead

I’ve been hearing stuff saying he’s dead but idk 2601:81:C302:C720:B465:72B:B390:A8A7 (talk) 14:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes he is dead Piffner (talk) 23:10, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Finley name change offer

The NY Times, in their piece on Vida's death, told the story of a controversy between Oakland A's owner Charles Finley and Vida over Finley's offer of $2000 to Vida to change his name to Vida "True" Blue for advertisement purposes. Vida turned it down because he was proud to have the same as his father. The attempt to "rebrand" his name and to under pay contributed to Vida's belief that Finley was racist towards him. This seems like a worthy part of Vidas life to add. Piffner (talk) 23:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)