After years of public denials, legal battles, and maintaining his innocence regarding allegations that he bet on baseball while playing and managing, Pete Rose ultimately confessed to the accusations. In his autobiography released years after receiving his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball, he formally admitted that he did indeed bet on baseball games, including wagering on his own team to win while serving as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, a revelation that permanently solidified his complicated legacy and continued exclusion from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.