Timed perfectly for the finale of this Bay Bridge Series, the latest episode of Forever Giants features Vida Blue, the 92nd player to appear for both the A’s and Giants.
My recollection of Vida Blue was, of course, first that he was a Giant. It wasn’t until I was nine or ten that I learned about his history with the A’s. That blew my mind. Like discovering Barry Zito had this whole other life before really making his mark with the Giants in 2012.
Just six of Blue’s 17 seasons were spent with the Giants, after he was an Athletic for the first nine years of his career, racking up a 2.