Fay Vincent Quotes

#1. 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.

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

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#3. It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.

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#4. The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.

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#5. I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.

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#6. Certainly toward the end of the season, you and I could be in a ballpark and they might say the crowd is 30,000, and we could look around and see that there was no more than 10,000.

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

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#8. This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

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#9. It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.

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#10. I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

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