CINCINNATI — Pete Rose's application for reinstatement was rejected Monday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who cited his continued gambling.
Rose agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball in August 1989 after an investigation for Major League Baseball by lawyer John Dowd concluded Rose placed numerous bets on the Reds to win while playing and managing the team from 1985-87.
Manfred said in a four-page decision the career hits leader admitted he has kept on betting on horse racing and professional sports, including baseball. He upheld the conclusions of the Dowd report and said MLB had obtained evidence not available to Dowd: a notebook of betting records in 1986 kept by Rose associate Michael Bertolini.