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Justin Verlander Joins Unwanted List in MLB History As He Still Searches for First Win

The 2025 season hasn't been kind to the 42-year-old veteran.

Sports Illustrated

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Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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Vida Blue, who won 3 World Series in a row with the Oakland Athletics, dies at 73

Blue was drafted in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft to the Athletics. He spent nine seasons with the team, and was ultimately selected to six All-Star teams throughout his 17-year career.

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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

MVP Winner, Six-Time All-Star Vida Blue Dies at 73

The lefty is one of an exclusive group to win the MVP and Cy Young awards in the same season.

Sports Illustrated

Sal Bando, former Oakland A’s captain, anchor to 1970s World Series winners, dies at 78

Sal Bando, the mustachioed third baseman and captain on the “Swingin’ A’s” teams that won three straight World Series titles from 1972-1974 has died after a battle with cancer. He was 78.

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