Fay Vincent Quotes on Baseball (11 Quotes)

It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

Buck O'Neil has been a great credit to baseball. He's a friend of all of ours. He has credentials that are absolutely wonderful. (But) the committee did not elect Buck O'Neil.

It doesn't mean (Selig) shouldn't investigate, but it's going to be a very difficult position for him. If people suggest that he could use the 'best interest of baseball' clause to suspend Bonds, I think it would take the union about three minutes before a federal judge to get that enjoined.

Recent indications are up to 50 percent of the players in the 90s were using steroids. It puts a real cloud over that period in baseball.

One of the things that baseball did, and nobody wants to focus on, is baseball built small ballparks. They made it easy to hit home runs. Look at Houston their left field is a joke. Baseball played to the home run as if it was the only great event in the game.

My understanding is that there won't be a deal unless he admits he bet on baseball. I thought for years he would never admit it. Now, I don't know.

I think Mitchell will be good. He's been around baseball. He's a strong person, and people can have confidence in him that he'll do a good job.

I don't think Bud really has any choice now. If he does nothing, Congress will surely jump in again. They're going want answers about Bonds. I think there's very little room for Bud to maneuver here. Baseball needs to have its own independent investigation.

The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.

We think he made money betting on baseball. And people are stupid. They say, 'Why do you care if he bet on his own team' Well, that is the point, you care because that night when he is betting he brings in his best relief pitcher. The next night when he isn't betting he can bring in anybody. The game is corrupted.

I knew who John Dowd was, but he wasn't connected at all with baseball.