Vida Blue Was a Baseball Comet
Briefly

The bright lights would come soon enough.On that May night in 1970, at the old ballpark at the confluence of the Des Moines and the Raccoon Rivers, they were dimmer than the lights in the big leagues.Tony La Russa knew that much, because he'd been there.La Russa was destined for a storied career as a major league manager, but on the field he was a bonus baby who couldn't really hit.
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