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  • The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.

    A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.