12 Days That Shook MLB: Finley Sells Fingers, Rudi, Blue Only to be Overruled by Kuhn
MLB - On June 15, 1976, Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley, seeing free agency ready to tear down his team, sold Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to the Red Sox and Vida Blue to the Yankees. The deals would first be frozen, then overturned by MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Ultimately, Finley got nothing as his free agents left for greener pastures.
On June 15, 1976, Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley, seeing free agency ready to tear down his team, sold Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to the Red Sox and Vida Blue to the Yankees. The deals would first be frozen, then overturned by MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Ultimately, Finley got nothing as his free agents left for greener pastures.
