Francis T J Fay Vincent

Commissioner Fay Vincent said Tuesday there was still a chance, though remote, that the Seattle Mariners would be sold to a Japanese-led group. Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., has proposed to finance a group that would purchase the Mariners from Jeff Smulyan, the Indianapolis broadcasting executive who is trying to sell the club for $100 million.

Commissioner Fay Vincent said Tuesday there was still a chance, though remote, that the Seattle Mariners would be sold to a Japanese-led group. Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., has proposed to finance a group that would purchase the Mariners from Jeff Smulyan, the Indianapolis broadcasting executive who is trying to sell the club for $100 million.