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On Saturday, the Cincinnati Reds celebrated the 25th anniversary of Pete Rose's 4,192d hit, which broke Ty Cobb's career hits record. Later that night, at a roast of Rose at a casino in Indiana, Rose broke down and cried as he made a heartfelt apology for his involvement in betting on baseball. "I disrespected the game of baseball," Rose said. "When you do that, you disrespect your teammates, the game and your family."

NEW YORK - When it comes to the Hall of Fame, Pete Rose will still be locked out. Rose won’t appear on the baseball writers’ ballot in his final year of eligibility because commissioner Bud Selig will not rule on Rose’s application for reinstatement before the 2006 candidates are announced Nov. 29, according to Bob DuPuy, baseball’s chief operating officer. Rose, who last year admitted he bet on the Cincinnati Reds while managing the team in the late 1980s, doesn’t understand why the rules, unless changed, won’t allow him to ever appear on the annual ballot of the Baseball Writers’...

So word is that Pete Rose finally admits in his new book that he bet on baseball. I guess I am supposed to feel vindicated since he spent the last 14 years calling John Dowd and me names. Mr. Dowd was the baseball lawyer who did the investigation of Mr. Rose and prepared a report we're now told was accurate. Next we're likely to have the spectacle of Mr. Rose being embraced by Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner, and, like the Prodigal Son, ushered to the front row of baseball's most honored citizens. Pardon me while I rise to urge...

ESPN just had an exclusive interview with Former Commissioner Fay Vincent and Lead Investigator Matthew Dowd that revealed additional details (above and beyond the linked article) about the lifetime suspension of all time leading hit king Pete Rose from the game of baseball.The segment said that there was evidence that player/ coach Rose bet against his team when the Cincinnati Reds were playing the San Diego Padres.The Commissioners office said they didn't have the necessary funds to pursue a proper rundown of that angle of the investigation, and agreed to a lifetime ban from the sport with the world famous...