The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 130 pages of documents relating to Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader who was subsequently banned from the game and the Baseball Hall of Fame until earlier this year for betting on baseball. The documents focus on Rose's deceased bookie, Ronald Peters, and a mid-1980s investigation into narcotics and bookmaking operations that Peters ran.
"In the Matter of: Peter Edward Rose, Manager, Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club," attorney John N. Dowd summarized the gravity of the findings. "Betting exposes the game to the influence of forces who seek to control the game to their own ends. Betting on one's own team gives rise to the ultimate conflict of interest."