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Posted By: davidcycleback

Both John Dowd and Bud Selig have said that, if he had admitted his guilt early on, Rose likely would have been readmitted to after a few years. Rose chose not to and, in fact, made the repeated point to call Dowd a liar (and worse) and Dowd's findings to be lies. I'm sure Dowd, for one, gets a chuckle out of Rose's annual revisions.

I also believe that Dowd would tell us that Rose's latest story isn't truthful, as Dowd's evidence is that Rose didn't bet on all Reds games and Dowd believed he bet against the Reds also. Dowd, and others, contend that Rose did not bet on Reds games when he didn't like the starting pitcher, and local gamblers knew this and would bet against the Reds. Many consider this type of not betting on your team the equivalent of betting against your team. Note, that it was Rose's specific point to say that he bet on all the Reds games, as he's aware of what an admission that he bet on some games but not others would mean.