R I P Vida Blue

[Bayouboy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vida_Blue

Heck of a pitcher.

[IowaHunter]

Saw him pitch back in 1978 in SF. I asked my dad, “Why are they booing their own pitcher?”

[Chew]

That's a blast from the past. Had some of his baseball cards as a kid.

Blue attended DeSoto High School in Mansfield. He pitched for the baseball team and quarterbacked the football team. In his senior year of football, he threw for 3,400 yards and completed 35 touchdown passes while rushing for 1,600 yards. In his senior year of baseball, Blue threw a no-hitter with 21 strikeouts in just seven innings pitched.

[flywise]

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[DUKFVR]

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[Gumbo Man]

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