And, of course, there was the whole bit where Pete might have accepted the ban not cover up any game-fixing possibilities, but because his pal Bertolini had told John Dowd about…
other things.
Rose, of course, promptly sued Dowd for Defamation in the Pennsylvania courts, calling the allegation "entirely false in every respect."
Which, naturally, led to an Ohio woman coming forth in 2017.
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So, yeah, even if you think merely gambling on your own team shouldn't be a bannable offense, and even if you claim there's no proof that Pete fixed games and so he shouldn't be denied the Hall (regardless of his voluntarily accepting the
permanent ban, extending beyond death), there's still a pretty good case for the Hall denying Pete on "character" grounds, IMO.
(Rose did not win the defamation suit against Dowd, btw.)