As far as I know Pete Rose never bet against his own team , and never threw a game.
Can anybody prove he did?
I accept that he never bet against his team. But maybe he should not have violated the rules and lied to everyone for so many years.
Hope I am not misunderstanding your intent, but if you are defending him because he was a great baseball player and you are a fan of his, I guess you will have to give a pass to those who defend scumbag Clinton because they are fans of his.
Cheating scumbags and liars are cheating scumbags and liars in any profession.
It is no less unethical if he did not bet against his own team. He was the coach, calling the shots. He may not have called on a certain player one game when he wasn’t betting to save him for another game the next night when he was betting.
This is especially critical if the player is a relief pitcher. He may not have bet against his team, but he may have tried a bit “harder” to win games that he bet on.
They were relevant before he started lying, not after.
Can anybody prove he did?
Since he lied about betting on Baseball for years, the burden is not on the rest of us to prove his guilt. He has to prove he's telling the truth about this one thing, while he lied about every thing else. And I don't think that's possible, so screw him.
He's been made an example of, and an example he will stay, despite his apologists.