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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Almost always he bet on the Reds, but some nights he wouldn't because he didn't like the pitcher. He didn't like Mario Soto and some nights he wouldn't bet when Soto was pitching. So then the bookie knows, 'Well, Rose is not betting tonight.' You can imagine how quickly that traveled.
death threats
There were death threats on Bart and then on me,
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The whole history of this issue of race in our society is a topic that involves very bad timing. These people who were candidates were greatly honored by being candidates, I'm sure, but it would have been so much nicer had we been able to do this 30 or 40 years ago and have so many more alive.
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This is an effort that is 30 years too late. This should have been done when a lot of them were alive.
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This is 10 times, maybe 50 times more difficult. I would guess it would take at least a year.
committed respect
I respect him because he's very bright. I think he's very committed to his franchises.
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John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.
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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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You have to focus on the one guy. Otherwise, you'd never finish the job and it would wind up costing millions and millions. But you've got facts to go on now, and it would behoove Bonds to cooperate. I think he really has to cooperate if he wants his records to count for anything. Stonewalling won't work.
bet calling putting
He is calling from the clubhouse. He is putting the bet down on the team.
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We think he made money betting on baseball. And people are stupid. They say, 'Why do you care if he bet on his own team?' Well, that is the point, you care because that night when he is betting he brings in his best relief pitcher. The next night when he isn't betting he can bring in anybody. The game is corrupted.
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I'm sorry that we're late. I'm sorry that we couldn't do this 30 or 40 years ago when some of our candidates were alive. But we're here now to make this right.
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In some respects, it's the most damaging and difficult mess for baseball since the White Sox scandal in 1919.
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I don't know if anybody would be willing to go out on a limb and say other Negro leagues guys are going to be considered.