On this date in 1972, Vida Blue ends his long holdout by agreeing to a $63,000 contract after balking at A's owner Charlie Finley's previous offers. Blue who won the 1971 American League MVP and Cy Young awards only wins 6 games in 1972.
"Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball. He treated me like a damn colored boy."
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