Fay Vincent Dies at 86; Former MLB Commissioner from 1989-92

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Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent has died at the age of 86.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement about Vincent in the wake of his death:

Christina Watkins, Vincent's wife, told George Vecsey of the New York Times her husband died from complications due to bladder cancer.

Vincent was elected by the owners as MLB's eighth commissioner in September 1989 after Bart Giamatti's sudden death from a heart attack at the age of 51. He had been named the first-ever deputy commissioner five months earlier.

There was a lot of tumult throughout MLB during Vincent's tenure. He helped navigate the sport through the 1989 World Series between the Oakland Athletics…