Banned from baseball 32 years. Mr. President, please pardon the Hit King, Pete Rose
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I always thought he got a raw deal, since he never bet against his own team. Michael Jordan only got a 1-year suspension from basketball for betting on games, that he was allowed to disguise as a “retirement.”
He lied trough his teeth, he knew when they were weak and knew when the odds were right to put money on the other team.
Yeah, but so do analysts and insiders. If they do it it's fine. The only real issue is 'did he bet and throw in order to solidify his bet'. You can only punish people for throwing, not knowing who is good and who isn't.
No I don't think he altered his game to tilt the outcome but he knew the strength of the teams they were playing and even though the Reds were big in those days there were a few teams they had trouble with like the Montreal Expos. Depending on who was pitching he could make an educated guess that they could lose that game an bet a stack on it. The rumours in those days from some of his teammates was that he was "dirty" whatever they meant by that.