Fay Vincent
Fay Vincent
Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent, Jr.is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth29 May 1938
CountryUnited States of America
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It doesn't mean (Selig) shouldn't investigate, but it's going to be a very difficult position for him. If people suggest that he could use the 'best interest of baseball' clause to suspend Bonds, I think it would take the union about three minutes before a federal judge to get that enjoined.
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I respect him because he's very bright. I think he's very committed to his franchises.
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Recent indications are up to 50 percent of the players in the 90s were using steroids. It puts a real cloud over that period in baseball.
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I think he should hire somebody like John Dowd or set up a committee. He needs to do that, maybe headed by Mario Cuomo or George Mitchell, somebody of that ilk.
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I think he (Selig) is probably better able to get support among owners, ... But they're trying to roll back 25 years of labor agreements in one round. I was telling them the best you can do is incremental improvement -Ê it's going to take a long time to straighten out this. They didn't want to hear that.
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I think Mitchell will be good. He's been around baseball. He's a strong person, and people can have confidence in him that he'll do a good job.
great john rose
John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.
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The players are protected under the federal statutes. That's a mistake a lot of people have made, thinking the commissioner can do whatever he wants. His powers over the players are very limited.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
invite senator
It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.
interest taking
It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.
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Certainly toward the end of the season, you and I could be in a ballpark and they might say the crowd is 30,000, and we could look around and see that there was no more than 10,000.
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This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.