Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
about Pete Rose
The Pete Rose FAQ - by Sean Lahman
Source Documents
- Rose/Giamatti Agreement -
Text of the final agreement between Rose and Giamatti.
This five page document was part of a fax sent to all
Major League clubs at 9:00 AM EDT on August 24, 1989. A
copy was obtained from the National Baseball Library in
Cooperstown.
- Giamatti's Statement -
The prepared remarks of Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti
for the press conference announcing the agreement.
- Major League Rule 21 - Defines
and describes "misconduct" and the applicable
penalties. A copy of this rule is posted in every Major
League clubhouse.
- Exhibits to the Dowd
Report - available in PDF form. Includes bank and phone records,
depositions of all key parties, betting records, and reports from
independent investigators.
Physical Evidence
- Betting Slip #1 of 3 -
alleged to show Rose's bets for 4/8/87 and 4/9/87
- Betting Slip #2 of 3 -
alleged to show Rose's bets for 4/10/87 and 4/11/87
- Check from Rose to Gioiosa - the
smoking gun that links Rose to Ron Peters, the bookie
Rose claimed he didn't know. Peters claimed he stopped
taking Rose's bets because he owed $34,000. When Peters
told him this, Rose exploded, claiming that he had given
Tommy Gioiosa a check for that amount, and that Gioiosa
must have stiffed them both. Peters said that Rose showed
him a copy of this check as a gesture of good faith, and
it turned up later when Rose turned over his bank
records.
Other Sources of Information
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