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Bob Costas
author of Fair Ball
Fay Vincent's insights on baseball issues are of course valuable, but as these pages reveal, what Vincent himself valued most about the game was the people he encountered within it. Vincent is an estimable man whose insights are valuable and whose personal experience serves as something of a metaphor for the state of baseball: The great game seduces him, and the craven institution dumps him.
About the Author
Francis T. Vincent, Jr., was the eighth commissioner of Major League Baseball, serving from September 13, 1989, to September 7, 1992. Before that, he was Chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures, and an executive vice president of the Coca-Cola Company. He is now a private investor and president and chairman of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a summer league that uses wooden bats. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Vero Beach, Florida.
Table of Contents
ContentsIntroduction
Chapter One
JOE AND TED
OTHER LEGENDS
Chapter Two
FAY VINCENT, SR.
THE UMPS
Chapter Three
BART
BOSOX
Chapter Four
BART AND ROSE
MANAGERS AND OWNERS
Chapter Five
EARTHQUAKE
MODERNS
Chapter Six
GEORGE
A BOY AND HIS YANKEES
Chapter Seven
41 & 43
GUARDS AND GUARDIANS
Chapter Eight
BASEBALL IS SORRY
SLICK AND CO.
Chapter Nine
TOMORROW
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