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jw Alledgedly Joe Jackson accepted $5,000.00 (while promised much more) to blow the 1919 series. Although he did perform quite well in that series, he entered into an agreement to lose the series. I have looked over the Dowd report and have not seen any evidence that Rose ever put himself in a position where the Reds losing was profitable for himself. If I were to see evidence that Rose bet against his team, I would have no problem with the rotting. I guess that is where I draw the line. I would guess that the number of HOF players (let alone all players) that have bet someone (whether a legal bet, or not) that their team would win a game or series would be rather large. In other words, it's not the bet to win that scares me, but the bet to lose.