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Dershowitz made a pointedly rational case that Rose??€”who holds the all-time record for career hits, singles, at-bats and games played—should remain barred from the Hall as a result of alleged bets placed on the Cincinnati Reds while Rose was that team’s manager. Cochran, by contrast, prevailed after appealing largely to emotions in his defense of the three-time World Series champion’s right to enter the ballot for the Hall of Fame despite an agreement signed in 1990 permanently banning him from taking part in Major League...
Three hours of testimony earlier in the day—with the two lawyers trading questions and ripostes with witnesses including learned baseball fans, former professional players and two experts on compulsive gambling addictions—had given abundant proof that Rose??€™s was not an open-and-shut case...
Aaron sidestepped Dershowitz’s evidentiary presentation of a pattern of illicit gambling, instead choosing to focus on Rose??€™s accomplishments as a player...
Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee also said Rose??€™s skill on the baseball diamond outweighed any dishonor he may have incurred by gambling...
...Despite Rose??€™s impressive performance, the quarterback is unlikely to pursue a professional career. However, his former teammate, senior tailback Nick Palazzo, was more than impressed with what he saw out of both players...