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From Earthquakes to Expansions: Fay Vincent’s Time as MLB Commissioner

For three years he served as MLB’s eighth commissioner. During his tenure, professional baseball faced some of its most challenging hurdles.
From Earthquakes to Expansions: Fay Vincent’s Time as MLB Commissioner
MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent stands on the field before a circa 1990 game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Donald Laible
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Fay Vincent has experienced his share of the ups and downs of Major League Baseball as a fan and commissioner.

There are those uniquely brilliant, wonderfully skilled storytellers whose conversations you hope have no time limits.  You listen and learn. Respect, admiration, and, if for nothing else, inquiring minds can’t get enough of their life’s experience. Vincent is at the front of the velvet rope when it comes to baseball brilliance.

Donald Laible
Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.
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