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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.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

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