Fay Vincent, the former baseball commissioner, made his own assessment. A couple of weeks ago he resigned from the board of trustees at the Jesuit-run Fairfield University and refused to accept an honorary degree from Sacred Heart University to protest what happened to Reese. I'm really worried that some Catholic organizations, especially universities, are at some risk, ... How can you call yourself a university without free debate.
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He's in a very tough situation, and that's why I think it's the worst problem for baseball since the Black Sox. Because it's so amorphous and so big and so murky. ... For the first time Selig has the awkward position of having to authorize an investigation where he may be a target. No commissioner has ever been in that position.Fay Vincent
I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
Fay Vincent
We gave each candidate a fair hearing, and I think the results will speak for themselves.
Fay Vincent
The players are protected under the federal statutes. That's a mistake a lot of people have made, thinking the commissioner can do whatever he wants. His powers over the players are very limited.
Fay Vincent
The whole history of this issue of race in our society is a topic that involves very bad timing. These people who were candidates were greatly honored by being candidates, I'm sure, but it would have been so much nicer had we been able to do this 30 or 40 years ago and have so many more alive.
Fay Vincent
I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
Fay Vincent
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