misconduct.

Manfred's ruling means Rose may not associate with MLB's central office, any major league or affiliated minor league team, continuing a ban that began Aug. 24, 1989.

"We are disappointed by the decision of Commissioner Manfred announced this morning, " Rose's lawyers said in a written statement. "We are reviewing the ruling with Pete and members of his family."

This time, however, it was both gambling evidence and Rose's failure to "present credible evidence of a reconfigured life" that Manfred cited in keeping Rose out of the game and, by extension, the Hall of Fame.

Most notably, Manfred said, was a notebook federal investigators obtained from Michael Bertolini in October 1989 that detailed "records of bets placed by Michael Bertolini on his own behalf and on behalf of Pete Rose, includingbets placed on Cincinnati Reds games by Mr. Rose during the 1986 championship season when he was the player-manager for the Cincinnati Reds."

Rose met with Manfred in New York three months ago, one month after Rose's representatives submitted a polygraph test Rose took in August to, Manfred stated, "demonstrate the veracity of certain prior statements he made concerning his violations of (MLB's gambling policy."

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Manfred said the polygraph results did not enter into his ruling. Manfred said that during their September meeting, Rose acknowledged betting on Reds games in 1987 (a year after he retired as a player), but that he "could not