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Gambling in Baseball
How is it that one of the greatest baseball players and managers of all-time, who statistically should be in the Hall Of Fame, is banned from the game that he loves? ... Any player, umpire, or club official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared ineligible for one year. Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.” This is Rule 21 (D) in the Major League Baseball Rulebook, and the reason why Pete Rose was declared permanently ineligible from he game of baseball. ... Pete spent all of his childhood playing baseball with his friends in his neighborhood and he went on to play for a little league team in his area. He played baseball and football at Western Hills High School.
Very few players are lucky enough to get drafted out of high school to play professional baseball, and Rose was one of them. ... September 11th, 1985, Pete made his place in Major League baseball history when he broke Hall of Famer Ty Cobb’s hit record or 4,191 hits in his career. Rose retired from the game of baseball in 1986, totaling a phenomenal 4,256 hits in his career. ... In doing this, he was considered to be one of the greatest managers in baseball history.
February 23, 1989 came the day that baseball would change greatly for Pete Rose. This is the day that the investigation started about his gambling. ... This is called the Dowd Report and it is 228 pages long explaining every aspect of Rose’s alleged gambling. It starts off with an introduction, which gives the rule about gambling in baseball, and explains exactly what gambling is. ... Rose said that he did send some checks to Bertolini, but that they were loans to him to be used to pay athletes for baseball card shows. ... When Rose wanted to place a bet, Janszen would relay his bets to Steve Chevashore, an acquaintance of Rose, who would then place the baseball bets with a bookmaker in Staten Island, New York who they only know as “Val.” Rose’s betting on baseball was testified on by Janszen and his girlfriend, and was discussed in a recorded telephone conversation between Janszen and Chevashore. Rose’s betting on baseball is further exposed by betting records from his home which have been identified by an expert as being his handwriting. ... Betting sheets show that between May and July, Rose placed $2,000 on baseball games, including Reds games. Jim Procter and Dave Bernstein, acquaintances of Janszen, also witnessed Rose’s betting on baseball. ... These 3 pieces of evidence were analyzed by an expert on gambling investigations who had verified that these were actual games played on the dates of the bets. ... The same gambling expert stated that the telephone records between these five show short but frequent phone calls to and from other bettors, and to bookmakers. ... Due to all of this information, Rose was banned from the game of baseball indefinitely.
There is a big controversy on whether or not Pete Rose should be let back in baseball to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. A group of legal and baseball experts have gotten together and debated this topic, giving their views on the situation. ... He argues, “Baseball is a game of rules, and there is one rule that exists and appears in every clubhouse and every ballpark, all the way down to the minor leagues. And that is: Thou shall not bet on baseball, especially not a game in which you have a duty. ... ” Dershowitz introduces the Dowd Report, and insists that Rose admit that he bet on baseball, which is something Rose has not done to this point, before he can be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Approximate Word count = 3221
Approximate Pages = 12.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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