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.
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The thing that makes this different from the Rose investigation is the scope. This could take (Mitchell) into all sorts of nooks and crannies. This will be a nightmare for everybody, but baseball has to get the moral high ground back.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
If you had a jury and said, 'We have one segment of evidence and we're going to present it,' that would be it. There is nothing else to bet on but baseball during the summer months. The bookie told us Rose called him every night. So we had his end of the conversation. We had the phone records. I mean how clear can it be.
Fay Vincent
I don't think the individuals are going to be willing to discuss their individual votes. We agreed we would not do that.
Fay Vincent
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
It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.
Fay Vincent
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