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re: RIP Mansfield’s own Vida Blue

Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:30 pm to
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7366 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:30 pm to
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I always like that name!

Those A's staffs had Vida, Blue Moon Odom, Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter.
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7366 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:30 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 1:31 pm
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
7775 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

I always like that name!


Didn’t Charlie Findlay try to get him to change his name to True Blue.
If I remember Vida told him if he liked the name so much, change your name to True Blue.
Posted by newmexicotiger
Member since Sep 2017
4404 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 5:48 pm to
I would have gone 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA if I was wearing that when I pitched...
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30012 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 11:56 pm to
My dad had an acquaintance named after Vida Blue…his name was Vida Blue Morales
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
37816 posts
Posted on 5/9/23 at 1:14 am to
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I would have gone 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA if I was wearing that when I pitched...


And you also could have pissed on yourself and nobody would have noticed
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9280 posts
Posted on 5/9/23 at 8:58 am to
Just imagine how much better he would have been if he had played travel ball.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 5/9/23 at 12:31 pm to
A's need to bring those unis back when they move to Vegas.
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6401 posts
Posted on 5/9/23 at 2:15 pm to
Terrific pitcher. May he rest in peace
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