All-Star Game, and he received a standing ovation before the game as he was honored by the Reds as part of MLB's "franchise four" promotion.

On May 9, 1989, investigator John Dowd hands over a 225-page report on Rose to Commissioner Bart Giamatti. The case against Rose is built largely on phone records and the testimony of bookmaker Ron Peters, and Rose's former friends Paul Janszen and Tommy Gioiosa, seen in picture. The three claim that Rose placed bets on baseball games, some involving the Reds. Jon Chase, AP

On June 26, 1989, Rose rubs his eyes at the start of his regularly scheduled post game press conference at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. ESPN says it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on Reds games during his last seasonas an active player in 1986. Rob Burns, AP

Rose looks at memorabilia in a museum, located near the National Baseball Hall of Fame, dedicated to him on July 23, 1999, in Cooperstown, N.Y. The museum is in The American Baseball Experience on Main Street in Cooperstown. David Jennings, AP

Before Game 2 of the 1999 World Series, Rose is peppered with questions by NBC reporter Jim Gray, who asks him several times in a TV interview if he wants to admit betting on baseball and apologize. Michael Schwarz, USA TODAY Sports

The 2004 release of Rose's book, My Prison Without Bars, overshadows the election of Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor to the Baseball Hall of Fame, drawing the ire of Selig and several of Rose's staunchest backers, who had been