Well this is bad, but not really unexpected. Shoeless Joe was a bit of an innocent rube, but some of the other Sox were in it up to their eyeballs. They knew exactly what they were doing. Rose bet on baseball games knowing full well that it was illegal. He says he never bet on his own team, but I would think the temptation (and potential payout) there would be high. But since every other commercial on baseball games now is a DrafkingsBet365Fanduel, saying that gambling is bad is not as rock-solid as it was a decade ago. Baseball has surrendered to betting; this was just the final thing to tidy up. That being said, I hope Rose never gets voted in.