Pete Rose Submits Application to be Reinstated Into Baseball: Punished for Betting

Arguably one of the greatest Major League Baseball players of all time, Pete Rose, was banned from the sport back in 1989.  His crime: Betting on the Cincinnati Reds while managing the team.

Rose has tried and failed to be reinstated into Major League Baseball in September 1997 and November 2002 with Commissioner Bud Selig never ruling on the application. 

Now it is reported that Rose has submitted another application to be reinstated and this time there may be greater hope.

Rob Manfred succeeded Selig in January.

Manfred said after meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers in spring training on Monday that he has a formal request from Rose.

“What I intend to do is be in communication with his representatives, and we’ll talk about how we’ll handle it from a process perspective,” he said.

“I want to make sure I understand all of the details in the Dowd Report and Commissioner Bart Giamatti’s decision,” Manfred said, referring to outside lawyer John Dowd who led the investigation into Rose. “I want to hear what Pete has to say, and I’ll make a decision.”

Rose, who turns 74 next month, denied for 15 years that he bet on baseball. In his 2004 autobiography, “Pete Rose: My Prison Without Bars,” he reversed his stand and acknowledged he bet on the Reds while managing the team.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com