Word: vida
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...free loans for his players. "He can be a great, generous man, even lovable at times," says Sal Bando. Yet Finley can be skinflinty as well. The A's led all teams in requesting arbitration for salary disputes this year, and his loud money hassles with Reggie Jackson, Vida Blue and others are famous. When Dick Williams wanted to switch to the Yankees, Finley demanded a huge payoff in players. As a result, Williams is out of baseball for the time being...
While New York was outlasting Cincinnati, the 1972 World Champion Oakland Athletics were having their own tense five-game contest with the Baltimore Orioles in the American League playoffs. When the Orioles knocked out Oakland Ace Vida Blue (20-9) early in the first game and won it 6-0, there was hope in Baltimore that the home team's strong pitching staff, starring Jim Palmer (22-9), would prevail over Oakland's aces. But then came Oakland's other stone walls, Ken Holtzman and Jim ("Catfish") Hunter. They and Reliever Rollie Fingers stood their ground...
...Vida Blue started for the A's and coasted to a 4-0 lead while overpowering the Birds through six innings on two hits. His fastball was popping so much that, against a righthanded line-up, rightfielder Reggie Jackson made seven put-outs...
Baltimore's Memorial Stadium will be the arena for the clash of two 20-game winners, with Oakland sending southpaw Vida Blue (20-9) against the O's righthander Jim Palmer...
...Bando drove in three runs while Vida Blue pitched a three-hitter yesterday afternoon in Fenway Park as the Oakland A's handed the Red Sox their second straight loss...