Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baseball and Pete Rose, once thought to be inseparable institutions, teetered last week on the edge of an almost unbearable sadness. Several Cincinnati-area bookmakers allege that Rose has been betting on baseball games. If Rose is found to have gambled on baseball, he can expect a year's suspension as Reds manager. If he bet on Cincinnati games, Rose could be shunned for life by the sport he personifies, jeopardizing everything he has accomplished, even the place in baseball's Hall of Fame that awaits...
...wagers. The Dayton Daily News stated that he recently sold the bat and ball from his record 4,192nd hit. Rose responded with a melancholy "No comment." None of his comments throughout the besieged week were more expansive than a flippant remark to S.I.: "I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball...
...realize their hair is too long or their pants are too short, professional people who walk around dressed unwittingly like flight attendants or supermarket managers. Who will tell them their professional image needs help? And how does one begin? Over lunch maybe, with a lame joke? "Hey, I bet this salad knows a thing or two about dressing. Ha! But seriously . . ." It is like telling them they have halitosis...
...this week's issue of Sports Illustrated reports that Rose might have gambled on baseball games in which he was involved. If the commissioner's office can prove that Rose did bet on baseball games, Rose might not be in baseball any longer...
Quote of the Week: "A lot of people say to me, 'Hey, I bet that's a lot of fun to play in the SEC.' But I've thought about writing a letter. 'Dear Coach, I'd like in every way possible to get you out of this league. If you want to put my name down for a recommendation, you don't even need to call me.'"--Mississippi women's basketball Coach Van Chancellor, referring to six of the SEC teams being ranked...