This is incorrect and regardless, relies on Pete Rose being honest in what he said: Something he never did in his entire life. He lied continuously until the evidence forced him to concede prior lies.
Regardless, though - a baseball season is a sprint. It saddens me greatly, growing up as a fan of the *player* - but I’m also a member of SABR and I’ve seen convincing studies that correlate things like “days off” or rest days for players. Bullpen usage patterns. Strong indications that Rose essentially “played off” games he did NOT bet on to increase his chances in games he DID bet on. There are some other indications he tried to “move the line” - change tendencies, change the rotation, etc to juice his bet days.
It is impossible to prove any of this - the only man who could do so is dead and had a lifelong aversion to the truth.
They never had ANY evidence he bet against his team or took a dive. He was a good fella...