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Betting the Line: Sports Wagering in American Life. By Richard O. Davies and Richard G. Abram. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001. x, 212 pp. Cloth, $60.00, ISBN 0-8142-0880-0. Paper, $24.00, ISBN 0-8142-5078-5.)
Once again in the fall of 2002, as he has done periodically in recent years, Pete Rose toured the morning talk show and cable television circuit, trying to convince Americans that major league baseball ought to lift the lifetime ban imposed on him and allow his induction into the Hall of Fame. In front of a camera, Rose remains his own worst enemy, demonstrating not a shred of remorse, admitting no culpability, and self-righteously proclaiming his misunderstood innocence. Sports radio talk shows crackle with debate while the men and women who run major league baseball insist that a...