[DOC] [TLE] Vida Blue Baseball Stats, facts, biography, images and video. | The ... [PAR] He had his first wrangle with A's owner Charles O. Finley right away, when Finley 
wanted Blue to change his first name to "True." He was called ... Rumors flew that 
he'd hurt his arm by pitching without spring training and reporting overweight. [DOC] [TLE] 40th anniversary: Vida Blue's holdout  The Hardball Times [PAR] Mar 16, 2012 ... That year Vida Blue had the sort of season most pitchers  even most great ... As 
often happened, the owner won the fight. ... He ordered Blue to issue a public 
apology to A's fans for his holdout, and Blue .... Wasn't a part of the holdout the 
fact that Finley wanted him to legally change his first name to True? [DOC] [TLE] The Reign of Finley - Athletics Nation [PAR] Aug 1, 2013 ... I was in high school when Charlie Finley first came to town but, frankly, .... Later 
on, Finley upset both his players and the other owners by ... After just a few 
seasons in Oakland, Finley again wanted to bolt. .... 4) The Coliseum was always 
better suited for football than baseball and now that is even more true. [DOC] [TLE] The Baseball Analysts: Brown: Ode to the Crazy Maverick, Finley [PAR] Dec 29, 2005 ... I think he wanted Blue to change his first name from Vida to True. .... late A's 
owner Charles O. Finley's efforts to get his pitcher to legally change... [DOC] [TLE] Fifty years ago, Satchel Paige pitched his last big-league game in ... [PAR] Sep 18, 2015 ... The night Satchel Paige pitched his final big-league innings against Yaz and the 
Red Sox. ... When the old place was finally abandoned  first when the A's left 
for ... This was another publicity stunt by A's owner Charlie Finley. .... and it was 
true in 1965 when Finley asked if he could pitch three innings. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Oakland Athletics - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period 
from 1901 to the .... While the A's were still dreadful in the first eight years of 
Finley's ownership, he began to lay ... to move the A's to Louisville, promising to 
change the team's name to the "Kentucky Athletics". ...... "They're Just Mad About 
Charlie". [DOC] [TLE] ESPN Classic - Quotes by Charles Finley [PAR] "I always wanted to be a player, but I never had the talent to make the big 
leagues. ... Pitching is 75 % of the game, and that is why it's so dull. ... "If he thinks 
it's such a great name, why doesn't he call himself True O. Finley?" ... --Wayne 
Causey, as Kansas City A's shortstop, on owner Charlie Finley's promotional 
animals,... [DOC] [TLE] Where Have You Gone, Johnny Grubb?: Finley's Designated ... [PAR] May 4, 2006 ... If former Oakland A's owner, the late, great Charlie O. Finley, had his way, ... 
wanted pitcher Vida Blue to legally change his first name to "True,"... [DOC] [TLE] A TOUGH PITCH / Friends, relatives say it's time for Vida Blue to get ... [PAR] Jul 5, 2005 ... He was the first pitcher to earn All-Star wins in both leagues, in '71 and '81. ... "I 
wanted to be the best black pitcher in the history of baseball, the first to win 30 ... I 
believe (then- A's owner) Charlie Finley turned him off to baseball. ... Finley, who 
unsuccessfully pressed Vida to change his name to True,... [DOC] [TLE] Big Hair and Plastic Grass: July 2011 [PAR] Jul 28, 2011 ... Okay, quick  how many pitchers have won a Cy Young and an MVP ... A's 
owner Charlie Finley, who'd unsuccessfully tried to get Blue to change his first 
name to True, refused his demand for a $100,000 .... If anything, it made

Question: A's owner Charlie Finley wanted this pitcher to change his first name to "True"
Answer: Vida Blue