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
invite senator
It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.
believe hard
I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
interest taking
It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
ballots builders candidates executives final hall represent worthy
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.
certainly might toward
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.
coup good
This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.
care defining follow games reason
The reason we care is these are games we play, and the defining part of a game is the rules. And if you don't follow rules, you don't have a game. Then you have a movie or professional wrestling.
george good mitchell
It's not perfect. But George Mitchell is credible. He should do a good job.
great proud sadness sorry
It's only a great sadness that we didn't do this 30 or 40 years ago. I'm sorry that we're late, but I'm proud that we're doing it.
difficult directed situation somewhat
It's a very difficult situation for Bud. I'm sympathetic to him, because it would be an investigation that somewhat would be directed at him.
college
They were young, just out of college in those days,
great sadness
What a great sadness there is that we didn't do this 30 or 40 years ago.
baseball high issue moral players task
I think the investigation is the right step. I don't think the issue is punishment, I think it's: 'Shouldn't the players be called to task for cheating, even if there is no punishment?' I think baseball has to recapture the moral high ground.
almost asking clause deal explain irrelevant labor people players protected
A lot of people are asking why doesn't Selig just invoke the 'best interests' clause and deal with this. I try to explain to them that the 'best interest' clause is irrelevant in labor because of all the players protected (federal law). ... He has almost no discretion. He's pretty limited.