A memoir by the former player who was banned from baseball for betting on games.

Chase was subsequently thrown out of baseball for betting on games.

People who bet on professional sporting games want action, not profits.

Pete Rose was banned from baseball in 1989, presumably for betting on games.

Every day, groups of men begin to gather around 10 a.m. to watch, play and sometimes bet on games.

Initially, 13 players were suspended after being charged with betting on games.

Five other Lions players were fined $2000 each for betting on games that they did not play in.

And 4 percent, Saum said, bet on games they played in.

Three years is enough deterrent for anyone else in baseball who might consider betting on games.

But the federal prosecutors said there was no evidence that he bet on games in which he played from 1991 to 1994.