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George Steinbrenner Among 12 Veterans Committee Hall of Fame Candidates

Former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died in July, is one of 12 candidates who will be up for election to the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee at this year's Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla. Steinbrenner is joined by former players Vida Blue, Davey Concepcion, Steve Garvey, Ron Guidry, Tommy John, Al...

Stephen Strasburg Follows Path Laid By Doc, Fernando and The Bird

As the color man on TV broadcasts for the Triple-A team in Syracuse, N.Y., Steve Grilli has witnessed the Stephen Strasburg phenomenon up close. It reminded him of someone else, 34 years ago. The same kind of attention Strasburg will get when he makes his big-league debut tonight for the Nationals was once heaped on...

Joe Kennedy Thinks the A's Are Cheap

Charles Finley hasn't owned the Athletics in years, but apparently his outlook towards the money he paid his players is still alive within the organization today. You may remember that Finley broke up one of the most dominant teams in baseball history after the Athletics won three straight titles because he didn't want...

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04/21/12 1972 A's are still Swingin' 40 years later Source: Cupertino Courier - Cupertino CA Technically, the 40th anniversary bash at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday is for the 1972 Swingin' A's, the first Bay Area team to win a World Series.
04/20/12 Oakland school dedicates baseball field to Vida Blue Source: ABC - KGO 7 - San Francisco CA There was a very special honor Friday for former A's and Giants pitching legend Vida Blue. Oakland Northern Light School dedicated its brand new youth baseball field and named it "Vida Blue's Field of Dreams."
04/20/12 News and Notes About the A's Upcoming Homestand Source: MLB - Oakland Athletics For additional information about the promotions or events listed above, please visit www.oaklandathletics.com. Celebration of 40 th Anniversary of 1972 World Series Title: The A's will celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the club's 1972 World Series titleâthe first world championship won by any major professional sports team in Bay Area historyâFriday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 vs. Cleveland.

Background on Vida Blue

Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (born July 28, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics (1969–77), San Francisco Giants (1978–81; 1985–86), and Kansas City Royals (1982–83) He won the American League Cy Young award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971. He is a six-time all-star, and is one of only four pitchers in major league history to start the all-star game for both the American League (1971) and the National League (1978); Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson and Roy Halladay would later duplicate the feat.

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