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5 unusual facts about Fay Vincent


Andy Hawkins

On September 4, 1991 the Committee for Statistical Accuracy, appointed by Commissioner Fay Vincent, changed the definition of a no-hitter to require that a pitcher throw at least nine full innings and a complete game for the no-hitter to be official.

Andy Van Slyke

MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent, who ordered that the Canadian flag decal be re-inserted onto the helmet.

Francis Vincent

Fay Vincent (born 1938), full name Francis Thomas Vincent, American former entertainment lawyer and sports executive, commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989–1992

Frank Pulli

Along with fellow umpire, Rich Garcia, Pulli was placed on probation by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, in 1989 when he learned that they had placed bets on non-baseball sporting events with an illegal bookmaker.

North Shore Navigators

After sweeping the Rhode Island Reds in a best-of-three series that saw two rain outs, the Giants went on to defeat the Torrington Twisters, a first-year expansion team, for the 1997 NECBL Championship, the Fay Vincent Cup.


Michael Bamberger

Bamberger's play Bart & Fay, about the longtime relationship between Bart Giamatti and Fay Vincent, was performed in 1996 at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.


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