Fay Vincent

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Fay Vincent is an American lawyer and businessman best known for serving as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1992.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessman
human
lawyer
sports executive
boardMemberOf Columbia Pictures
Time Warner
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Williams College
Yale Law School
employer Columbia Pictures
Major League Baseball
National Broadcasting Company
endTime 1992
familyName Vincent
fieldOfWork baseball administration
corporate law
genre sports writing
givenName Francis
languageSpoken English
memberOf Yale Law Journal
name Francis Thomas Vincent Jr.
nickname Fay
notableEvent oversaw 1989 World Series earthquake response
oversaw 1990 Major League Baseball lockout
oversaw 1990s investigation of Pete Rose
notableFor serving as eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1992
notableWork The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine
occupation business executive
lawyer
sports executive
television executive
ordinalInOffice 8
positionHeld Commissioner of Major League Baseball
executive vice president of Coca-Cola Company
predecessor Peter Ueberroth
sexOrGender male
startTime 1989
successor Bud Selig

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Commissioner of Baseball
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