Special to Detroit Free Press
Free Press special writer Bill Dow continues his "where are they now" series about former Detroit Tigers players, coaches and managers.
Today's profile is on former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent:
How we remember him
Elected as the eighth MLB commissioner on Sept. 1, 1989, the attorney and Yale Law School graduate succeeded his close friend, Bart Giamatti, who died just five months into his term. As Giamatti’s deputy, the first in baseball history, Vincent played a pivotal role in the investigation of gambling allegations against Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader who agreed to a lifetime ban from the game.