Did you know that during the actual investigation, more than eighty exhibits were presented as physical evidence against Pete Rose?

The Pete Rose check was the "smoking gun" which linked him to the bookie Ron Peters. How? Peters claimed to have a conversation with Rose wherein he personally refused to take any more game bets from Rose due to a $34,000.00 debt. Rose "exploded" during the discussion and told Peters he gave Tommy Gioiosa a check for the amount due. Rose then produced a copy of the check for Peters and discussed the possibility that Gioiosa "stiffed both of them."

Rule 21 of the Major League Rules state: Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.