By now you've all heard about .You've heard what countless talking heads, bloggers, and just about everyone thinks about his confession that he bet on the Reds every night as manager. And now to you can add , author of the infamous Dowd Report that got Rose banned from baseball. To put it simply, Dowd doesn't even remotely believe Rose's assertion that he bet on his own team to win every night.
"When (Mario) Soto and (Bill) Gullickson pitched, he didn't bet on the Reds," Dowd said on Thursday, when reached at his Washington, D.C. office.I'm with Dowd on this one...
The Dowd Report says Rose bet on the Reds 52 times in 1987.Each Major League Baseball team plays 162 games.
Dowd has said that when Rose didn't bet on the Reds, it was a signal to bookies that it might be a good night to bet on the Reds' opponent.
If Rose was half as competitive a gambler as he was a baseball player, there's no way he bet on his team to win every night because there's no way he actually thought the Reds were going 162-0. It's not like he walked into the clubhouse each and every night, threw a pile of cash on the table and said, "This is how much I believe in you guys," so what would the point of always betting the Reds to win be? And if he wasn't betting on the Reds every night like he said, than Dowd is exactly right; Rose's gambling patterns were a giant beacon to bookies on the Reds' chances that night, and you can't honestly believe that Rose didn't know that.
In twenty years Rose has gone from never betting on baseball to betting on baseball but not the Reds to betting on the Reds to win every single night. Anyone care to guess what comes next?
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yo'. looks like pete is "HUSTLE-ING" again. bet ?
foe show. great bat? foe show!
! ciao,rf
2. Just because Pete bet on the Reds does'nt mean he threw any games.
Until that is proven, it should'nt matter. Pete dominated on the field and deserves to be in the hall of fame. As for John Dowd, I can't say that kind of thing on this post.
3. Many members in the hall of fame did worse then rose, ruth was a drunk and played around, ted williams beat his wife, cap anson was a racist and ty cobb the greatest baseball player of them all was just an ass a bully who gambled. pete belongs in the hall and all true baseball fans know it and should boycott the hall till they get it right
4.
Uh-oh...
Pete just laid down $50k that Dowd is right.
5. Pete is trying to earn a living!
Has to keep those autograph sessions going where they pay him and has to get on sports talk radio where they pay him. I also believe he is telling Selig to shove it up your A--!!
!! I do not agree with what he did, but let's face it he was one hell of a ball player!
!! How many guys in the history of the game were better?
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? Certainly not EVERYONE in the hall of fame today!!
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6. Do you really want to believe that Barkley never bet on sport??
? Do you want to bet that Jordan never bet on sports??
? We all know that Phil Mickelson bets on sports! None of them have been banished!
!! What about Ron Artest?
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?? He still plays and makes millions!
Did Pete ever run into the stands and beat the S--- out of anyone?? Did he ever have the animal protection agency come after him for cruelty?
?? How many times has he been arrested for beating women?
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7. Rose has learned two of the things that no amount of money, fame or celebrity can buy.
..intergity and a spot in the Hall of Fame.
8. Rose has learned two of the things that no amount of money, fame or celebrity can buy..
.intergity and a place in the Hall of Fame.
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"In twenty years Rose has gone from never betting on baseball to betting on baseball but not the Reds to betting on the Reds to win every single night. Anyone care to guess what comes next?" I've got twenty that says Rose's next admission is that he doesn't have a gambling problem and bets he can quit anytime he wants to.
10. Pete Rose is fighting a losing cause. Back in the 1940s 'As a pre=teen'I Knew of the Black Sox Scandal.
I knew that sports players can be banned from playing just for associating with known gamblers. If Pete Rose didnt know the consequeses, he was really niave or he thought he was too great a ballplayer. Rocky Grazinano was banned from boxing just for knowing and associating with gamblers.
That was long before Pete Roses gambling problems.
11. Pete Rose is the biggest piece of garbage liar scumbag in sports.
He was a crappy dad, a cheat and a drug addict. I hope he burns in hell and gets cancer of the balls. Those of you who support him are sick and have no spine and are ruinng this country with your forgive everybody attitude.
If someone rapes your wife go and forgive them. Untill then shut the fck up.
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i think there are alot worse things athletes have done ( use steroids,beat women get dui's,use drugs ) and they get more chanches to redeem themselves and all they do is give some lame appology and everyone forgives them. PETE BELONGS IN THE HALL!!
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!! lets all forgive him and give him his just do.
13. Well, since Pete Rose has told the truth and nothing but the truth (so help him God) up until now, how could anyone possibly think he'd be stretching it now? Out of self serving self interest, maybe?
Never! 14. Baseball, first and foremost does not allow any association with gambling, to maintain integrity and it has precedence in enforcing it.
If players and managers were allowed to personally determine the outcome of a game, for profit from that outcome, it would be the end of baseball. Rose knew it and put himself in a position of not only being able to be compromised but put himself above the game.
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Rose belongs in the hall of fame based on his baseball career period. Betting is an addiction and many ball players with addictions are in the hall of fame.
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The Baseball Commissioner had evidence on Pete Rose that was never publicly disclosed. Rose agreed to be banned from baseball for life. We know Rose is a liar because his story keeps changing.
We know he's a cheat because they have the evidence. End of story.
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Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. His attitude with the media wasn't the best relationship in the world that is why Chris Myers when he was working for Einstein Sports Pinhead Network suggested that the streets named Pete Rose should be removed. It will occur when Donna Summer wins the Mrs.
World Pageant.
18. well pete bet on a game wow but if he did drugs raped shot someone that would be different huh then he would be able to get in the hall of fame.
.hmmm go figure
19. I agree with frank.
He was a great player and great players should be in the hall of fame.
20. Maybe the Hall of Fame ?
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