{"id":1927020,"date":"2023-05-08T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-as-mvp-and-three-time-champion-vida-blue-dead-at-73\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T21:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:45:08","slug":"oakland-as-mvp-and-three-time-champion-vida-blue-dead-at-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-as-mvp-and-three-time-champion-vida-blue-dead-at-73\/","title":{"rendered":"Vida Blue, Oakland A&#8217;s MVP and three-time champion, dies at 73."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foakland-as-mvp-and-three-time-champion-vida-blue-dead-at-73%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Cy Young Winner and World Series Champion Vida Blue Passes Away at 73<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houstons-cheating-problem-and-ours\/\" title=\"Houston\u2019s Cheating Problem\u2014And Ours\">baseball world<\/a> is mourning the loss of Vida Blue, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-gets-booed-for-first-pitch-accepts-award-at-seattle-mariners-game\/\" title=\"Dr. Fauci Gets Booed For First Pitch, Accepts Award At Seattle Mariners Game\">legendary pitcher<\/a> who won three consecutive World Series championships with the Oakland A\u2019s in the 1970s. Blue, who was also a six-time All-Star and a former Cy Young winner, passed away at the age of 73. The cause of death has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<h3>A Career to Remember<\/h3>\n<p>Blue\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-as-mvp-and-three-time-champion-vida-blue-dead-at-73\/\" title=\"Vida Blue, Oakland A's MVP and three-time champion, dies at 73.\">decorated career included numerous accolades<\/a>, such as being named an MVP, a Cy Young Award winner, and an Oakland A\u2019s Hall of Famer. He was a franchise legend and a friend to many in the baseball community. <\/p>\n<p>Blue\u2019s breakout season came in 1971 when he won the AL MVP and Cy Young awards in the same year. He finished the season with a 24-8 record, a 1.82 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, and 301 strikeouts in 312 innings. He also pitched 24 complete games and eight shutouts. <\/p>\n<p>Despite his success, Blue faced a contract dispute with owner Charlie Finley that led to his brief retirement. He returned to the game and continued to pitch for the A\u2019s before being traded to the Giants and later the Royals. <\/p>\n<h3>A Legacy That Lives On<\/h3>\n<p>Blue\u2019s impact on the game of baseball was felt long after his playing days were over. He was sentenced to three months in jail in 1983 for possession of cocaine and was banned from MLB for the 1984 season. However, his legacy as a mentor, hero, and friend to many in the baseball community will always be remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Former Oakland A\u2019s star Dave Stewart paid tribute to Blue on Twitter, saying, \u201cVida Blue rest in peace, my mentor, hero, and friend. There are no words for what you have meant to me and so many others. My heart goes out to the Blue family.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Remembering a Legend<\/h3>\n<p>Blue\u2019s impact on the game of baseball will never be forgotten. He will always be remembered as a fierce competitor, a champion, and a friend to many. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vida Blue, a former Cy Young-winning pitcher and MVP who won three straight World Series championships with the Oakland A\u2019s in the 1970s and was a six-time All-Star, has died, the team announced. He was 73. A cause of death was not revealed. \u201cThere are few players with a more decorated career than Vida Blue,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1927021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[19282,26131,4138,8491,7475,8904,16718,26216,26130],"class_list":["post-1927020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-as","tag-26131","tag-blue","tag-champion","tag-dies","tag-mvp","tag-oakland","tag-three-time","tag-vida"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}