Vida Blue dies at 73: Tributes pour in for three-time Oakland A’s World Series champion

Vida Blue, the three-time Oakland A’s World Series champion, has passed away at the age of 73, it was announced on Sunday.

Blue was a six-time All-Star and won the American League MVP award in 1971, the year before his first World Series title.

The news was released Sunday morning, as Oakland A’s legend Dave ‘Smoke’ Stewart tweeted, ‘Rest in peace Vida Blue my mentor, hero and friend.

“I remember watching a 19-year-old phenom dominate baseball and change my life at the same time. There are no words for what you have meant to me and so many others. My heart goes out to the Blue family.”

More to follow.