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.
FILE - This 1976 file photo shows Oakland A's Vida Blue, the hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970 and helped lead brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles. Blue has died. He was 73. The A's said Blue died Saturday, May 6, 2023 even but did not give a cause of death.
Oakland did not announce a cause of death. Blue had used a walking stick to assist his movement at the reunion. “That Hall of Fame thing, that's something that I can honestly, openly say I wish I was a Hall of Famer,” he told The Washington Post in 2021. “And I know for a fact this drug thing impeded my road to the Hall of Fame - so far.”
Called up when rosters expanded, he pitched a one-hit shutout at Kansas City in his second start. In his fourth start, Blue pitched a no-hitter against Minnesota on Sept. 21, at 21 years, 55 days that made him the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter since the live ball era started in 1920.
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