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Elephant Rumblings: Puk Roughed Up, Cotton Seeks Second Opinion

Minor League Baseball: Arizona Fall League-Scottsdale Scorpions at Mesa Solar Sox Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

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Today in Baseball History:

  • 1969 - A plane crash in Maracaibo, Venezuela kills 155 passengers including highly touted prospect Nestor (Latigo) Chavez, en route to the San Francisco Giants spring training camp. The 21-year-old pitcher, who posted a 1-0 mark in his rookie season with the Giants, was 12-5 with Double-A Waterbury in the Eastern League in 1967, including seven shutouts. Also on board were minor leaguer Carlos Santeliz and Venezuelan League executive Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez.
  • 1972 - Oakland Athletics holdout Vida Blue announces that he has rejected the team’s latest contract offer and will retire to work for a company that makes toilet fixtures. The “retirement” won’t last long, as Blue will eventually come to terms with Oakland and begin his season in May. A 24-game winner in 1971, Blue will have a 6-10 record in 1972 but redeem himself by saving Game 1 of the World Series.

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Do you like Elephant Rumblings linking to stories about recently-departed A’s (Yairo Munoz, Sonny Gray, etc.)?

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  • 40%
    Nope - forget ‘em and focus on current A’s.
    (87 votes)
  • 57%
    Yes - once an Athletic, always interested!
    (125 votes)
  • 2%
    Other (comment below)
    (5 votes)
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