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Baseball Nation - Baseball Forum | MLB Baseball Forum | MLB Fan Forum - Baseball History Discussion http://baseballnation.net/ Our Baseball History Forum will be the most active forum on here, so if you like Baseball History, this forum is for you! en Sun, 26 May 2013 03:22:17 GMT vBulletin 60 http://baseballnation.net/images/Take5/misc/rss.png Baseball Nation - Baseball Forum | MLB Baseball Forum | MLB Fan Forum - Baseball History Discussion http://baseballnation.net/ The Baseball Commissioner Series: Fay Vincent http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7874-The-Baseball-Commissioner-Series-Fay-Vincent&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 21:15:23 GMT Francis T. "Fay" Vincent (1938 - 1989)

8th commissioner of baseball.

Tenure: (1989 - 1992)

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Before accepting the job as Commissioner of Baseball, Vincent consulted with Bart Giamatti's widow, Toni, to make sure she thought it was appropriate for him to do so. She said yes. Vincent did as well. Thus one friend replaced another.

Vincent was born on May 29, 1938 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, Vincent graduated with honors from Williams College in 1960 and received his law degree from Yale in 1963. He was quite the athlete as a youth, excelling in both track and field and football. However, a college prank gone wrong ended his athletic future and nearly took his ability to walk. Locked in his dorm room, he scooted out his 4h story window and slipped. His spent the next 3 months in traction with a crushed spine and legs paralyzed from the fall. Told he would never walk again, he overcame the diagnosis, but walked with a cane ever after.

After law school, Vincent became a partner in the law firm of Caplin & Drysdale, located in Washington, D.C. He also served for a time as the Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC.

Beginning in 1978, Vincent served as the chairman of Columbia Pictures. In 1982 he became the vice chairman of Coca-Cola. In April 1986, he was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President of the Coca-Cola Company, which placed him in charge over all of the company's entertainment activities.

A little over a month after becoming commissioner of baseball, the 1989 Earthquake hit during the World Series in San Francisco. Game 3 was postponed and resumed 10 days later under protest from the Mayor of San Francisco. In my opinion, options were limited and Vincent made the best of a bad situation.

1989 ended with controversy and began the same way due to a lockout that saw 32 games and Spring Training cancelled. Vincent helped negotiate a basic agreement and the season was saved.

He followed up a few months later by issuing George Steinbrenner a lifetime ban for he paid a gambler $40,000 for dirt on Dave Winfield.

Expansion was also a major focus of Fay Vincent's term and two new National League teams Denver and Miami) were established bringing the number of Major League Baseball franchises to twenty-eight. He also declared that the American League would receive $42 million of the National League's $190 million in expansion revenue but in return, the American League would provide players in the National League expansion draft.

His relationship with baseball's owners was always tenuous at best; he resigned in 1992 after the owners gave him an 18–9 no confidence vote.

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]]> Baseball History Discussion RickD http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7874-The-Baseball-Commissioner-Series-Fay-Vincent Can anyone identify the other two players in this pic? http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7763-Can-anyone-identify-the-other-two-players-in-this-pic&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 18:17:12 GMT Hi All, We need help identifying the other two players with Ruth. Can anyone help out? Thanks, Glenn Hi All,

We need help identifying the other two players with Ruth. Can anyone help out?

Thanks,

Glenn

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]]> Baseball History Discussion quizzical1 http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7763-Can-anyone-identify-the-other-two-players-in-this-pic All Star Game Series, 1962: Chicago NL http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7752-All-Star-Game-Series-1962-Chicago-NL&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 17:27:35 GMT This is the 33rd contribution to a series about the All Star Games that have been played over the years. This time I will pay attention to: *The... This is the 33rd contribution to a series about the All Star Games that have been played over the years. This time I will pay attention to:

The 1962 All Star Game (game 2) at Wrigley Field

Date July 30, 1962

Venue Wrigley Field

City Chicago, Illinois

Managers
American League - Ralph Houk (NYY)
National League - Fred Hutchinson (CIN)

MVP Leon Wagner (LAA)

Attendance 38,359

First pitch John F. Kennedy

Television NBC

TV announcers Vin Scully and Curt Gowdy

Radio NBC

Radio announcers Jack Quinlan and George Kell

The second 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 33rd playing of Major League Baseball's annual midsummer exhibition game. The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, home of the National League's Chicago Cubs. The American League emerged triumphant as they finally broke out of a five game slump with nine runs. The nine runs equaled their total for the previous five games. The AL also racked ten hits. Their victory kept the National League from tying the All-Star series at 16-16. The AL also had home runs by Pete Runnels, Leon Wagner and Rocky Colavito. A highlight of the game was the first presentation of the Arch Ward Trophy to the MVPs of each All-Star Game. It was first presented in 1962 as a tribute to the man who founded the All-Star Game in 1933. That first presentation went to Leon Wagner of the Los Angeles Angels (second game MVP) and to Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers (first game MVP), because two Midsummer Classics were played.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American League	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	2	9	10	0
National League	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	10	4

W: Ray Herbert (1-0)
L: Art Mahaffey (0-1)
S: Milt Pappas (1)

Umpires: HP - Jocko Conlan, 1B - Bill McKinley, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - John Rice, LF - Al Forman, RF - Bill Kinnamon.

American League

Starting Lineup:

1	Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	3B
2	Billy Moran	Los Angeles Angels	2B
3	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	OF
4	Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	OF
5	Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	1B
6	Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	C
7	Leon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	OF	M.V.P.
8	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS
9	Dave Stenhouse	Washington Senators	P	Starting Pitcher

Pitchers:

Hank Aguirre	Detroit Tigers	P
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	P	Did Not Pitch
Ray Herbert	Chicago White Sox	P	Replaced McBride
Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	P	Did Not Pitch
Ken McBride	Los Angeles Angels	P	Replaced - Injury
Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles	P
Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	P	Did Not Pitch
Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P	Replaced - Injury

Reserves:

Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C
Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	OF
Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox	OF	Did Not Play
Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	2B
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	1B
Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	1B	Did Not Play
Lee Thomas	Los Angeles Angels	OF
Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	SS

2B: T Tresh (1, off B Gibson); R Maris (1, off J Marichal).
HR: P Runnels (1, off A Mahaffey; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); R Colavito (1, off T Farrell; 7th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); L Wagner (1, off A Mahaffey; 4th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF).
SF: R Colavito (1, off J Marichal).
TB: L Wagner 6; R Colavito 4; P Runnels 4; T Tresh 2; R Maris 2; B Moran; R Rollins; J Gentile.
RBI: R Colavito 4 (4); L Wagner 2 (2); P Runnels (1); T Tresh (1); R Maris (2).
2-out RBI: R Colavito 3; T Tresh.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 2 for 3.
Fielding
DP: 2. L Aparicio-B Moran-J Gentile; B Moran-L Aparicio-J Gentile.

National League

Starting Lineup:

1	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
2	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
3	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF
4	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	1B
5	Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
6	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
7	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
8	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
9	Johnny Podres	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Starting Pitcher

Pitchers:

Turk Farrell	Houston Colt .45s	P
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Art Mahaffey	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	P
Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	P	Did Not Pitch
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P	Did Not Pitch

Reserves:

Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF
George Altman	Chicago Cubs	OF
Richie Ashburn	New York Mets	OF
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	1B
Frank Bolling	Milwaukee Braves	2B
Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants	3B	Did Not Play
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B
Stan Musial	St.Louis Cardinals	OF
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	OF
Johnny Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	C
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	OF
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS

2B: F Bolling (1, off H Aguirre); J Podres (1, off D Stenhouse).
3B: E Banks (1, off H Aguirre).
HR: J Roseboro (1, off M Pappas; 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF).
HBP: D Groat (1, by D Stenhouse).
TB: J Roseboro 4; E Banks 3; F Bolling 2; D Groat 2; J Podres 2; W Mays 2; K Boyer; R Ashburn.
GIDP: J Roseboro (1); O Cepeda (1).
RBI: D Groat 2 (3); J Roseboro (1); B Williams (1).
2-out RBI: D Groat.
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 1 for 6.
Fielding
E: E Mathews 2 (2); D Groat (1); T Davis (1).
Outfield Assists: T Davis (B Moran at home plate); S Musial (T Tresh at 2nd base).

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]]> Baseball History Discussion yankeebiscuitfan http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7752-All-Star-Game-Series-1962-Chicago-NL Did Mantle Cork? http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7734-Did-Mantle-Cork&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 22:12:31 GMT Did Mickey Mantle use a corked bat in 1964? ---Quote--- As noticed and documented by John Taube of PSA/DNA, “during our examination of the... Did Mickey Mantle use a corked bat in 1964?

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As noticed and documented by John Taube of PSA/DNA, “during our examination of the bat, we noticed a circular area .75 inches wide in the center of the top barrel. The finish in the area has also been touched up to mask the circular area. Alterations of this nature indicate the barrel has been drilled and filled with cork….we had the barrel x-rayed and (it) confirms that the barrel has been drilled and filled with cork…this is the first corked bat of Mantle that we have seen or heard of”.

In his autobiography, then Minnesota Twins equipment manager Ray Crump admitted that he had corked some bats for Mickey. Until now, none of these bats have surfaced…taking nothing away from the icon and legend of Mickey Mantle, this is indeed a one of a kind piece of NY Yankees and baseball history…a Mantle corked gamer. Manuf: H&B. Model Number: M110 Length: 35 in Weight: 32.6 oz Labeling Period: 1964 Wood: Ash Finish: Standard. Condition: Uncracked.

1964 saw Mantle hit .303 with 35 home runs and he led the league with a 1.015 OPS.

Hmmmm...... ]]> Baseball History Discussion RickD http://baseballnation.net/showthread.php?7734-Did-Mantle-Cork