Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent died at age 86 on Sunday due to complications from bladder cancer. Current commissioner Rob Manfred released the following statement:  "Fay Vincent played a vital role in ensuring that the 1989 Bay Area World Series resumed responsibly following the earthquake prior to Game 3,

Fay Vincent led Major League Baseball from 1989-92, oversaw expansion to Denver and Miami, and played leading role in Pete Rose's lifetime suspension.

Fay Vincent, the former MLB commissioner who banned Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for life in 1990 before his reinstatement three years later and was involved in banning Pete Rose for life for

He presided in a period of union strife, the emergence of steroid use, the banning of Pete Rose and an earthquake that rattled a World Series.