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ESPN’s Outside the Lines reports that the documents—copies of pages from a notebook of Michael Bertolini, a previous associate of Rose—refutes Rose’s past claims that he only placed bets while he was a manager on the Cincinnati Reds—never as a player. Even that admission came after nearly 15 years of denials; Rose was banned for life from the league in 1989. The notebook seized from Bertolini’s home covers March to July 1986, with documentation that for at least 30 different days, Rose gambled on at least one MLB team. On 21 of those days, the report notes, Rose bet on the Reds’ games—many of which he was playing in. Read more at [ESPN’s ](http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/%5F/id/13114874/notebook-obtained-lines-shows-pete-rose-bet-baseball-player-1986)[Outside the Lines](http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/%5F/id/13114874/notebook-obtained-lines-shows-pete-rose-bet-baseball-player-1986). ### LIFE’s Best Baseball Pictures  After umpire William Grieve issues a walk to a Washington pinch-hitter, Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy and catcher Birdie Tebbetts express their doubts about Grieve's judgment, 1949. Michael Rougier—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  University of Pittsburgh students cheer wildly from atop the Cathedral of Learning as they look down on Forbes Field, where the Pittsburgh Pirates are playing the Yankees in the 7th game of the 1960 World Series -- a series that would enter baseball lore when Bill Mazeroski smacked a 9th-inning, game-winning home run. It was Pittsburgh's first championship in 35 years. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Yankee pitcher Don Larsen talks to the press after throwing a perfect game — still the only perfect game in postseason history — against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. Larsen, 27, was named the Series MVP. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Brooklyn Dodger rookie hopefuls work out at spring training, 1948. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Jackie Robinson, the great disruptor, dances off of third in the 8th inning of Game 3 of the 1955 World Series. Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Roy Campanella (left) talks with a young, awed fan during spring training in 1959 — the year after the great Hall of Fame catcher was paralyzed in a car crash, and after the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Behind the kid, in glasses, is Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, who engineered the move West —earning him the eternal enmity of Brooklynites. Robert W. Kelley—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Red Sox star Ted Williams, all of 22 years old, demonstrates his batting technique in 1941 — the year The Kid hit .406 with 37 home runs, 120 RBIs and 135 runs scored. NOTE: As all baseball fans know, despite those mind-boggling numbers, Williams was not the league MVP in '41\. That honor went to Joe DiMaggio and his 56-game hitting streak. Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  In one of the most poignant pictures ever made of a great athlete in decline, 33-year-old Mickey Mantle — his electrifying talents blunted by injuries, age and years of alcohol abuse — tosses his helmet away in disgust after a weak at-bat at Yankee Stadium, June 1965. John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Dodger southpaw and 1955 World Series MVP Johnny Podres reads about his own and his teammates' exploits while visiting a store in his hometown of Witherbee, New York — a small mining town in the Adirondacks, a few hundred miles north of Brooklyn. Grey Villet—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Hall of Famer, linchpin of the Big Red Machine and the man ESPN once pegged as the greatest catcher in history, Johnny Bench displays the intensity that made him such a force on the diamond, Cincinnati, 1970. John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Milwaukee Braves fans listen to a game against the Dodgers in 1956\. The Dodgers ended the season one game ahead of Milwaukee in the National League, then lost in seven to the Yankees in the '56 Series. Francis Miller—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Leroy "Satchel" Paige watches his Cleveland teammates practice in 1948. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  A rapt audience in a Chicago bar watches the 1952 Subway Series between the Yankees and Dodgers in 1952\. New York won in seven games. Francis Miller—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Willie Mays, arguably the greatest all-around ballplayer in major league history, poses for LIFE's Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1954, the year the Giants won the World Series — the Series against the Indians in which Mays made his legendary, running, back-to-home-plate catch of a long Vic Wertz drive in the far reaches of the Polo Grounds. Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Yogi Berra takes issue with the umpire's "safe" call after Jackie Robinson's electrifying steal of home in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Note that, six decades after it was taken, this picture reminds us of what an intense competitor Berra, like Robinson, really was. Today, he's often regarded a cuddly old ambassador for baseball. But back then, when the game was on the line, Yogi Berra was a bad, bad man. Grey Villet—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Ailing baseball great Babe Ruth thanks the crowd at Yankee Stadium for their ovation on "Babe Ruth Day," April 27, 1947. Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Jackie Robinson during filming of The Jackie Robinson Story (in which he starred), 1950. Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Little Leaguers in Manchester, N.H., dress in a schoolroom before their first game of the 1954 season, as their formidable leader, Dick Williams, demands to know where the rest of the uniforms are. (They went on to win the opener in the last inning.) 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