Fay Vincent, former MLB commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86 after battling cancer

Fay Vincent, former MLB commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86 after battling cancer

Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died. He was 86. Vincent had undergone radiation and chemotherapy for bladder cancer and developed complications that included bleeding, said…

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Recording captured ex-interpreter impersonating Ohtani to transfer $200,000, prosecutors say

Recording captured ex-interpreter impersonating Ohtani to transfer $200,000, prosecutors say

A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,000 for what he describes as a car loan, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The recording referenced in a court filing and obtained by The Associated Press is…

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