Pete Rose, the MLB’s all-time hits leader whom the league banned from the sport after catching him betting on games, joked that he wished he had an interpreter in the wake of the Shohei Ohtani interpreter betting scandal in a Monday social media post.
“Back in the 70s and 80s, I wish I had an interpreter. I’d be scott-free,” Rose said in a video posted to the Baseball History Nut Twitter account on Monday shows.
Pete Rose must know he’ll never get into HOF…cause why else would he made this comment pic.twitter.com/CMgseDdpVp
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) March 25, 2024
The MLB banned Rose from baseball for life in 1989 after investigator John Dowd found that Rose placed bets on the Cincinnati Reds while playing for and managing the team from 1985-1987, according to the Associated Press.
Ohtani has been embroiled in scandal since March 18 when his interpreter,…
