The Most Famous Trade That Never Was: Vida Blue to the Yankees. By Kelley Franco Throop
In 1976, A’s owner Charlie Finley started to dismantle his team, fearing that he would lose his stars to free agency. He wanted to rebuild his team with younger players. He traded the great left-handed pitcher Vida Blue to the New York Yankees, only to have to deal voided three days later by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Listen to the whole story here.