Fay Vincent, the previous MLB commissioner who banned Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner for all times in 1990 earlier than his reinstatement three years later and was concerned in banning Pete Rose for all times for betting on baseball, died Saturday.
He was 86.
Vincent died in a hospital in Vero Seashore, Fla., after problems from bladder most cancers, his spouse, Christina, instructed The New York Occasions.
He took over as commissioner in 1989 after the dying of A. Bartlett Giamatti and was main MLB when an earthquake rattled the Bay Space shortly earlier than the scheduled begin of Sport 3 of the ’89 Athletics-Giants World Sequence in San Francisco.
“Fay Vincent performed an important position in making certain that the 1989 Bay Space World Sequence resumed responsibly following the earthquake previous to Sport Three, and he oversaw the method that resulted within the 1993 Nationwide League growth to Denver and Miami,” present commissioner Rob Manfred mentioned in a press release. “Mr. Vincent served the sport throughout a time of many challenges, and he remained pleased with his affiliation with our Nationwide Pastime all through his life. On behalf of Main League Baseball, I prolong my deepest condolences to Fay’s household and mates.”
The ’89 World Sequence resumed on Oct. 27, 10 days after the earthquake.
Vincent, who resigned in 1992, banned Steinbrenner for paying gambler Howie Spira $40,000 for grime on Dave Winfield.