Word: giamatti
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CINCINNATI--Pete Rose won in court yesterday when a state judge, saying A. Bartlett Giamatti had "prejudged" the case, blocked the baseball commissioner from holding a hearing on evidence that the Cincinnati Reds manager bet on his team...
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Norbert Nadel's unprecedented ruling prevented Giamatti from holding a hearing today in New York on allegations that could get Rose banned for life from baseball...
Nadel ruled Giamatti "has prejudged Peter Edward Rose" as guilty, and that a hearing today before the commissioner would be "futile and illusory and the outcome a foregone conclusion...
...regret the judge's decision. I have absolutely no prejudgment or prejudice regarding Pete Rose," Giamatti said in a statement. "We will contest this matter tooth and nail...
Rose's lawyers relied on three main arguments: that he was denied a fair investigation; that Giamatti had already decided he is guilty; and that Rose will be permanently damaged by a flawed hearing...