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Within a year of the scandal surfacing, clear rules were established regarding gambling with consequences for violators. And it was one of those rules that snared Pete Rose. Were the rules rigid and black-and-white? Probably. But it helped preserve baseball's legitimacy from its most critical time to its current peaks
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Isn't it as clear as a bell that Pete's reinstatement would completely undermine the rule?

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."