1. 05-07-23 10:43 PM #1
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    Vida Blue, dead at 73

    Three tine World Champion, Oakland A's Hall of Famer dies of cancer.

    Once threw a no hitter on a LSD acid trip.

    Legend.



    https://apnews.com/article/vida-blue...22fcefc3ee75bf
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  2. 05-08-23 01:45 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Three tine World Champion, Oakland A's Hall of Famer dies of cancer.

    Once threw a no hitter on a LSD acid trip.

    Legend.



    https://apnews.com/article/vida-blue...22fcefc3ee75bf
    Think you're thinking about DOCK ELLIS.

    Used to be the answer to a trivia question:
    *Name the Last AL MVP who was a Switch-Hitter.

    RIP, Vida.
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  3. 05-08-23 07:33 AM #3
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    I was thinking of Doc Ellis and I stand corrected, good catch Chucky, thanks.
    And it's not the first time either I've confused the two of them like that, it's like a mental block.
    I'm only flesh and blood.

    Believe or not, I knew that trivia, I've read that in a baseball trivia book.
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  4. 05-08-23 04:47 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    I was thinking of Doc Ellis and I stand corrected, good catch Chucky, thanks.
    And it's not the first time either I've confused the two of them like that, it's like a mental block.
    I'm only flesh and blood.

    Believe or not, I knew that trivia, I've read that in a baseball trivia book.
    It's easy to confuse those two. RIP, Vida.
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  5. 05-08-23 05:22 PM #5
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    Who ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyvegas13 View Post
    Who ???
    This guy. MVP/Cy Young, 3x WS champ:

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...bluevi01.shtml
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  7. 05-08-23 05:26 PM #7
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    Read this in his bio. Vida was a better athlete than I might have expected:

    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.
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  8. 05-08-23 05:27 PM #8
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    I really just said who cus it rhymes w blue …
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  9. 05-08-23 05:28 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Three tine World Champion, Oakland A's Hall of Famer dies of cancer.

    Once threw a no hitter on a LSD acid trip.

    Legend.



    https://apnews.com/article/vida-blue...22fcefc3ee75bf
    I wouldn’t leave my room if I were on LSD. Woah.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mjsuax13 View Post
    I wouldn’t leave my room if I were on LSD. Woah.
    They had a docu on Netflix on it a whole ago
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    Never heard of him.. Next..
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyvegas13 View Post
    They had a docu on Netflix on it a whole ago
    I have to check it out. Thanks.
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  13. 05-08-23 06:18 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    Never heard of him.. Next..
    Jibby, I kind of like ya, warts and all, but your 'next' one liner is stale.
    So played out.
    It's toasted Jibby, work on some new material.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Jibby, I kind of like ya, warts and all, but your 'next' one liner is stale.
    So played out.
    It's toasted Jibby, work on some new material.
    Nash, can you do me a favor?

    Ban Jibby. There's a cnote in it for you.
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    Next... People die get over it. If you don't know them you don't owe them. Stevie you or so sensitive. I'll send you a box of kleenex and a fresh pair of pink panties for your pain over this old fart that died.

    How is that for some new material buddy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    Nash, can you do me a favor?

    Ban Jibby. There's a cnote in it for you.
    You are broke and a shitty gambler Chucky. You don't have a Cnote. Stop it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    Nash, can you do me a favor?

    Ban Jibby. There's a cnote in it for you.
    Jibby's OK, a tad annoying for my tastes, he's a Hall of Famer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Jibby's OK, a tad annoying for my tastes, he's a Hall of Famer.
    No I'm dick at times I know that. Just a hard ass. I mean no harm..
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    No I'm dick at times I know that. Just a hard ass. I mean no harm..
    I'm not an asshole, but I've had my share of asshole moments
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyvegas13 View Post
    I really just said who cus it rhymes w blue …
    No you didn’t do any such thing. You never heard of the guy, just admit it
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