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...Pete Rose and gambling seemed to be coming to a shuddering finish last week. A common-pleas judge in Cincinnati was pondering whether to issue a temporary restraining order -- and perhaps turn the Rose investigation over to the courts -- or leave Rose to face Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti and the music early this week. After four months of husky whispers, the worst charges imagined were spoken aloud at last. Giamatti's special investigator, John Dowd, asserted in court that he has found nine witnesses and enough corroborating evidence to prove that Rose committed baseball's capital crime: from...
...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...
Baseball's lawyers argued that Giamatti had not yet decided the case; that legal precedent was on the commissioner's side; and that Rose was merely trying for a delay through "desperate efforts to avoid facing the merits of this matter...
...think they proved [Giamatti] already made up his mind," Rose said. "It just wasn't going to be a fair hearing, in my eyes. It was obvious he believed my accusers...