- Pete Rose privately admitted to Bud Selig in 2002 and publicly admitted in 2004 that he bet on games while he was the Reds manager, and it was shown in 2015 he bet.
- Pete Rose bet on baseball, and in particular, on games of the Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club during the 1985, 1986, and 1987 seasons. It was not shown that he bet against his own team. 3) No evidence was discovered that Rose bet against the Cincinnati Reds. But by the rules of MLB, that was irrelevant, as any kind of bet is prohibited.
In an interview with Jim Gray for his Fox News special, 'Talking to GOATs with Jim Gray,' former Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose called betting on baseball - which Rose said he now does legally at casinos - was the only mistake he's ever made, and suggested as he has before that he doesn't think he'll be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as long as he's alive.
© Sam Greene/Enquirer Pete Rose in June 2017.Pete Rose Gambling Case
- Pete Rose privately admitted to Bud Selig in 2002 and publicly admitted in 2004 that he bet on games while he was the Reds manager, and it was shown in 2015 he bet.
- Pete Rose bet on baseball, and in particular, on games of the Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club during the 1985, 1986, and 1987 seasons. It was not shown that he bet against his own team. 3) No evidence was discovered that Rose bet against the Cincinnati Reds. But by the rules of MLB, that was irrelevant, as any kind of bet is prohibited.
In an interview with Jim Gray for his Fox News special, 'Talking to GOATs with Jim Gray,' former Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose called betting on baseball - which Rose said he now does legally at casinos - was the only mistake he's ever made, and suggested as he has before that he doesn't think he'll be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as long as he's alive.
© Sam Greene/Enquirer Pete Rose in June 2017.Pete Rose Gambling Case
'When I was betting on baseball when I got suspended, I was betting illegally on baseball. I make no more illegal bets in my life. That's why they have casinos,' Rose told Gray.
Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose
Dowd discovered that Pete Rose was betting on not only baseball but on he bet on other sports like basketball, hockey, and football. He also found that Pete was betting close to $2,000 a game. The investigation also uncovered that Rose had lost close to $70k in.
'I screwed up,' Rose added. 'I should have never (bet on baseball). That's the only mistake I've ever made in my life to be honest with you. And that's the biggest mistake. I would love to go to the Hall of Fame. Any player would. But as long as this heart is beating, I'm not going to go to the Hall of Fame.'
Pete Rose Betting Scandal 1980
In June, Rose told Joe, Lo & Dibs on 95.7 The Game in San Francisco that the pandemic was making it harder for someone to beat his all-time hits record and insisted that nobody will every pass him. In the same interview, Rose suggested that 'greenies' - the amphetamines many players took during his playing career - did not have anywhere close to the impact that steroids did more recently.
Pete Rose Betting On Baseball
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Pete Rose: Betting on baseball was 'the only mistake I've ever made in my life'
