The former MLB commissioner, Fay Vincent, who played a major role in Pete Rose, George Steinbrenner Bans, died at 86 years old

The former commissioner of the Major Baseball League, Fay Vincent, died Saturday at the age of 86 due to bladder cancer.

Vincent was a baseball commissioner from 1989 to 1992, taking over for Bart Giamatti after his sudden death only after having banned pink pete from baseball.

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Vincent played a major role in the punishment of Rose, having been the deputy commissioner of Giamatti.

The MLB commissioner, Fay Vincent, before a match between the Detroit Tigers and the White Sox in Comiskey Park in Chicago around 1990. (Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images)

He became the commissioner on September 1, 1989 and presided over the league during this year’s World Series between the Giants and the athletics which was interrupted due to the deadly earthquake in the bay region.

Vincent was a commissioner during the locking of the owners of 1990, and he transmitted a permanent suspension to the owner of the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner, who was reinstated by Vincent’s successor, Bud Selig.

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Commissioner Fay Vincent was a commissioner during the locking of the owners of 1990, and he transmitted a permanent suspension to the owner of the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner. (Phil Huber / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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As a baseball commissioner, Vincent angry the owners by becoming the first manager of the management to admit collusion among the teams against free agents after the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons. He also divided the costs of Expansion between the two leagues and tried to force the realignment of the National League, modifying the divisions of four teams.

“Mr. Vincent served the match for a period of many challenges, and he remained proud of his association with our national hobby throughout his life,” said the current commissioner Rob Manfred, in a press release.

The baseball commissioner, Fay Vincent, presents the World Series trophy to the Walter A. Haas athletics owner after Oakland beat the Giants to win the World Series, on October 28, 1989, at the Candlestick Park in San Francisco. (Focus on sport / getty images)

In one of his sustainable acts as a commissioner, he chaired a committee of eight members for statistical precision, which deleted the asterisk that had been next to the entrance to Roger Maris as chief of Home Run of the season and deleted 50 no-eight. The group has defined a boost like matches of nine or more rounds that ended without success.

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