Report: Pete Rose bet on baseball as a player

A new report claims Pete Rose bet on baseball as a player. (USATSI)

As recently as April 23 of this year, Pete Rose denied that he ever bet on baseball as a player. However, a report by ESPN’s Outside The Lines offers evidence that Rose, who for years denied betting on baseball as a manager before finally admitting as much, did indeed bet on games in which he played. As for that evidence, OTL has obtained documents that reportedly show Rose’s betting on games during his playing days with the Reds.

According to the report, new documents show that Rose bet “extensively” on baseball, and on the Cincinnati Reds.

“This does it. This closes the door,” said John Dowd, the man who’s 1989 report led to Rose being banned from baseball.

Ray Genco, Rose’s attorney, released the following statement from Rose to CBSSports.com:

Since we submitted the application earlier this year, we committed to MLB that we would not comment on specific matters relating to reinstatement. I need to maintain that. To be sure, I’m eager to sit down with Mr. Manfred to address my entire history – the good and the bad -and my long personal journey since baseball. That meeting likely will come sometime after the All-Star break.

More to come on this story.

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