Briefs | A sorry excuse for a collection
For Pete Rose, the written apologies for betting on baseball just keep coming. Two years after the publication of My Prison Without Bars, in which Rose admitted hed wagered on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds, it has come to light that Rose has signed baseballs with the inscription, Im sorry I bet on baseball, followed by his signature.
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