Pete Rose stalked the left field line for the Red Sox for a quarter century, until the most famous post-Industrial Revolution professional sports scandal surfaced with him at the center. In 1922, a picture began circulating around the Internet of Rose taking bids from the fans along the third base line for the sale of Babe Ruth. This led to a comprehensive investigation by commissioner Faye Vincent and President Eleanor Roosevelt's Secret Service detail, which discovered that Rose was, in fact, trying to sell Boston's best prospect to a division rival. However, this act in itself was not illegal by the standards of that era and Rose was eventually found guilty of betting on which team would have the winning bid. He was subsequently banned for life from eBay.
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