ROSE SEEKS RETURN; HITS LEADER ASKS FOR REINSTATEMENT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. More than eight years after he was banned from baseball for life, Pete Rose ``Right now, the ball is in their court,'' Rose said on his nationally syndicated radio show. ``I just hope they approach it with an open mind.'' Baseball's career hits leader said he signed a letter that was faxed to acting commissioner Bud Selig Allan Huber "Bud" Selig, Jr. (born July 30, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the team owner and administrator of the Milwaukee Brewers. , who has shown no inclination to let Rose back in the game. ``He has requested that baseball reinstate him so he can spend the rest of his life in the game he loves,'' said Rose's lawyer, S. Gary Spicer. None of the 14 people banned for life by baseball for gambling has been reinstated. Other baseball officials, speaking on the condition they not be identified, have said that Rose, 56, never will be allowed back until he admits he bet on baseball. ``The matter will be handled in due course,'' Selig said in a brief statement, a signal no decision is likely until next year at the earliest. ``OK, that's what we'll wait for,'' Rose said on his show, broadcast on the Sportsfan Radio Network. Asked about the timing of his appeal, Rose responded, ``Is the time right? We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if the time is right.'' ``You see how people receive me - overwhelming support,'' he said, referring to his many recent public appearances, including the major-league debut of his son, Pete Jr., for the Cincinnati Reds. ``I just hope the lords-that-be in baseball see how much the people like me,'' he said on the show, broadcast from his restaurant in Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. Rose, a 17-time All-Star and the National League's MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. in 1973, was manager of the Reds when he agreed to the lifetime ban Aug. 23, 1989, a penalty then-commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti (April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was the former President of Yale University, and later, the seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball in the United States. made public the following day. Baseball investigator John Dowd There have been several notable figures named John Dowd:
showed numerous calls to bookmakers. ``One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts,'' Giamatti said in announcing the ban. Rose, who has steadfastly denied betting on baseball, signed a settlement agreement with Giamatti in which Rose agreed to the ban and Giamatti agreed to make no formal finding on whether Rose bet on his own sport. However, at the news conference in which he announced the agreement, Giamatti said: ``Yes, I have concluded that he bet on baseball.'' Eight days later, Giamatti died of a heart attack. |
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