Report: Rose placed a baseball player wager.
Documents obtained by ESPN reveal that Pete Rose wagered on baseball games while he was a player for the Cincinnati Reds. This information contradicts Rose’s assertion that he only wagered on baseball as a manager.
Rose leads all major league hits in baseball history. However, his gambling has cost him his place in the sport and the Hall of Fame.
The incriminating documents, according to ESPN, are duplicate pages from a notebook that were taken in 1989 during a raid on one of Rose’s accomplices, roughly two months following Rose’s expulsion from baseball by Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti. According to ESPN, Rose’s gambling had nothing to do with the raid, which resulted from a mail fraud probe.
In the notebook that ESPN was able to obtain, Rose placed a lot of wagers on a variety of sports between March and July 1986, while he was managing the Reds as well as playing for them.
According to CBSSports.com, Rose denied ever having placed a baseball wager even as recently as April 23 of this year. Rose’s lawyer, Ray Genco, provided CBSSports.com with the following statement from Rose:
“We promised MLB that we would not comment on particular issues with reinstatement when we filed the application earlier this year. I have to keep doing that. I am excited to speak with [MLB Commissioner Rob] Manfred about my entire career, including the highs and lows, as well as my extensive life journey outside baseball. Most likely, that meeting will take place following the All-Star break.”
Rose answered “yes” when asked if he thought he would ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame by CBS’s Lee Cowan last year.
“I don’t know if I’m going to live to see it,” Rose replied. “Eventually, I’m sure someone will have the desire to give me another shot. I may possibly be.
