Vida Blue was ahead of his time, or else hopelessly behind, depending on your view of the naming-rights debate currently swirling around Wrigley Field. The promising young left-hander was just starting to make his mark in Oakland in 1971 when then-A’s owner Charlie O. Finley called Blue into his office and offered him $2,000 to change his first name to “True.” Blue, who was making all of $13,000…
Posted: March 3rd, 2008.
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