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All-time hit king Rose bet as player

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Former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose, pictured on June 16, 2014 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, bet on 1986 games he played in, according to records obtained by ESPN (AFP Photo/Christopher Pasatieri)

New York (AFP) - Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader banished from the sport for gambling, bet on 1986 games he played in, according to records obtained by ESPN unveiled in a Monday report.

In televised and website reports, ESPN displayed copies of pages from a notebook sealed under a court order that outlined wagers made by Rose from March to July of 1986, in the final months player-manager Rose took the field before serving strictly as a bench boss for the Cincinnati Reds.