In his second month as the commissioner of baseball, Fay Vincent, working by candlelight, open-collared shirt and a proper low-volume sense of empathy and persp

Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died. He was 86.

Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent has died at the age of 86. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement about Vincent in the wake of his

Former Major League Baseball Commissioner and Connecticut native Fay Vincent died Saturday, Feb. 1, at his home in Florida. He was 86. Vincent, who was born in Waterbury and spent most of his life after baseball in New Canaan,

Fay Vincent, the former MLB commissioner who banned Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for life in 1990 before his reinstatement three years later and was involved in banning Pete Rose for life for

Fay Vincent led Major League Baseball from 1989-92, oversaw expansion to Denver and Miami, and played leading role in Pete Rose's lifetime suspension.

Fay Vincent, who became baseball commissioner in 1989 and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died

He presided in a period of union strife, the emergence of steroid use, the banning of Pete Rose and an earthquake that rattled a World Series.