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The A’s Failed Their Sacramento Debut, but Sutter Health Park Largely Passed

Attending the Athletics’ first game in their makeshift home was memorable despite the minor-league park’s oddities and shortcomings.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 1, 2025

Vida Blue, three-time World Series champion with the A’s, dies at 73

Blue died at a hospital in San Francisco’s East Bay area of medical complications stemming from cancer, the Oakland Athletics said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 8, 2023

Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73

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

The Independent UK · May 7, 2023