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Originally Posted by Rasputin
From my understanding on Pete Rose would bet on his team on Monday and Tuesday but not Wednesday so that the bookies would figure the Reds would lose Wednesday and then he would know what pitchers sat and could bet on Thursday but still make money on losing Wednesday from the bookies. It's kinda like that NBA ref that told the bookies in the MOB what the refs would call fouls in big games and figure out who was going to win. Pete Rose basically manipulated the betting in his favor and there is a big rule in MLB for players not to bet on games.
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The comparison to the NBA ref isn't even remotely the same, imo. If Pete Rose bet on his team to win when he had his best pitchers on the mound thats not fixing anything, thats just smart. The NBA ref working with the mob telling them who is getting fouled is fixing games.