pete rose Flashcards
athletic career
charlie hustle bcs aggro style, effort
- fan fave hitter
- over 500 games in 5 positions
his father was semi-pro
- had controlled gambling habits
joined cincinnati reds, made all star team
- called big red machine bcs won world series
played for philadelphia phillies, then moved to montreal expos
returned to reds
- bead cobbs hitting record
became reds manager
rose and gambling
lost 30k/week
not in cooperstown
gold’s gym
housemate tommy giosa worked there
cocaine distribution entwork
FBI investigation, found rose gambling proof and sent it to IRS for tax evasion
bart giammati
pres of national league
suspended rose for 30 days plus fined for umpire abuse
eventually became commissioner
peter uberroth
commissioner before giammati
confronted rose w giammati abt gambling, which he denied
helped create exclusivity for baseball
1919 black sox scandal
red vs white sox, reds won world series
white players unhappy w charles chomiskey (owner) bcs salaries
fixed game
shoeless joe jackson
made gambling a massive concern for MLB
john david
brought in by giammati to investigate rose
paul janszen
confirmed rose’s betting
offered info bcs rose owed him
ron peters
facing tax evasion and drug trafficking
gave info to john david
giammati wrote to his judge abt good behaviour
- rose’s lawyers got restraining order, said he already made up mind about guilt
outcome pete rose
MLB and rose lawyers settled
- keep giammati out of it
- prevent financial ruin
rose lifetame ban, 5 months fail for tax evasion
