1. Lesson EQ – How has gambling impacted the sport of baseball?
Gambling in Baseball
Lesson EQ – How has gambling impacted the sport of baseball?

2. Top 5 Gambling Reports
1865 – 3 players from Mutuals banned from baseball from taking $100 to throw a game
1877 – Louisville Grays lost 7 straight games
Players were banned
Players said owned failed to meet payroll obligations
1905 – John McGraw (Giants Manager) won $400 betting team would win 1905 World Series
1919 – Black Sox

3. Top 5 Gambling Reports
1926 – Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker involved in scandal involving betting on fixed games in 1919 World Series
Result K.W. Landis – players found guilty of betting on baseball suspended for one year; player found to bet on own team barred for life
1989 – Pete Rose banned from baseball
All time leader in hits and games played
Bet on own players while managing
2004 – admitted to gambling on baseball

4. Pete Rose “Charlie Hustle” All-time hits leader 4,192 Career
Player
Red, Phillies, Expos
Manager
17 MLB Records
7 NL Records

5. 1970 All-Star Game Rose and Indians Catcher Ray Fosse

6. The Scandal
Feb 1989 – Rose was questioned by MLB Commissioner on report he had bet on baseball (Peter Ueberroth and Bart Giamatti)
Giamatti – John Down to investigate charges
March 21 – SI first report on Rose’s gambling
Dowd Report –
Rose bet on 52 Reds games in 1987 ($10,000 a day)
No evidence Rose bet against Reds

7. The Scandal
MLB Rule 21 MISCONDUCT, (d) Betting on Ball Games – Any player, umpire or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible

8. The Scandal
August 24, 1989 – Rose voluntarily accepted permanent place on baseball’s ineligible list
Rose accepted there was factual reason for ban
MLB – no formal finding with regard to gambling allegations
MLB Rules – Rose could apply for reinstatement in 1 year
1992, 1997 – applied for reinstatement
2004 – admitted to betting on baseball (including Reds) but never bet against Reds

9. Assignment Read the article on Pete Rose and Gambling in Baseball
Answer the prompt in a 5 paragraph essay, including SRA and citing examples from the article
Prompt – Pete Rose has come clean regarding his betting on baseball and there is no evidence that he ever bet against the Cincinnati Reds. With all of Rose’s career accomplishments, is it time baseball allowed the “Hit King” not only back into baseball, but also in the Hall of Fame?