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Pete Rose is still banned from baseball for a really long time: life. The MLB's all time leader in hits had a plea for reinstatement rejected by commissioner Rob Manfred, who cited Rose's continued gambling (albeit legal), paired with the evidence that he bet on games while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, as an "unacceptable risk" to let him back in the game. Read More »
For years, Pete Rose has said he only bet on baseball as a manager and not a player. However, new court documents are saying otherwise. According to the ESPN series Outside the Lines, Rose bet on games while he was playing. The documents are from copies of a notebook seized from the home of Rose's former associate Michael Bertolini back in 1989. Authorities say the authenticity of this evidence was verified by two sources that were a part of that '89 raid. The evidence also shows that the mob had a mortgage on him while he was both a player and manager. Read More »
