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V. Summary of Betting Activity in 1987

A. Rose Betting Chronology for the Period April 8 - July 5, 1987

2. Direct Betting With Val

April 16, 1987 was an off day for the Reds. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse at 5:50 p.m. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:13 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 6:23 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:26 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse at 6:45 p.m. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:56 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called the sports line at 8:28 p.m. and 8:55 p.m. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on Seattle, lost $2,000 on Philadelphia, and won $2,000 on Toronto.

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On April 17, 1987, the Reds played the Astros in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and won 9-8. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 5:28 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:15 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:24 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:30 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse at 6:40 p.m. The call lasted one and a half minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse at 6:43 p.m. The call lasted three and a half minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:56 p.m. The call lasted seven minutes. Janszen called Rose's home from Kentucky at 11:37 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, lost $2,000 on San Diego, won $2,000 on Atlanta, won $2,000 on Milwaukee, and lost $2,000 on Minnesota.

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On April 18, 1987, the Reds played the Astros in Cincinnati at 2:15 p.m. and won 8-0. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 12:53 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 12:57 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 1:23 p.m. The call lasted seven minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose's home at 4:39 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:21 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:48 p.m. The call lasted eleven minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose's home at 7:41 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose's home at 7:57 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted one and a half minutes. Between 12:25 a.m. and 11:47 p.m., Janszen placed eight calls to the sports line. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, lost $2,400 on San Diego, won $2,060 On St. Louis, lost $3,200 on Toronto, won $1,000 on the Yankees, won $1,000 on Detroit, and won $2,000 on Baltimore.

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On April 19, 1987, the Reds played a doubleheader against the Astros in Cincinnati, losing the first game (starting time 1:15 p.m.) 7-3 and winning the second game 6-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 11:04 a.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 11:36 a.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse at 12:20 p.m. Between 12:46 a.m. and 1:27 a.m., Janszen placed three calls to the sports line. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $2,000 on the Reds, lost $2,400 on Philadelphia, won $2,000 on the Yankees, lost $2,400 on the Mets, lost $3,600 on Chicago, won $2,000 on Milwaukee, and lost $3,000 on Toronto.

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On April 20, 1987, the Reds played the Padres in San Diego at 7:05 p.m. (Pacific Coast time) and won 12-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 12:13 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 12:14 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called the Town and Country Motel in San Diego, where the Reds and Rose stayed during this road trip, at 12:19 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:17 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:40 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:48 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val at 6:50 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 7:48 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 7:49 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted one and a half minutes. Pete Rose called home twice from his hotel room in San Diego.[466] Between 8:37 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Janszen called the sports line five times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, lost $2,000 on Los Angeles, won $2,000 on the Yankees, won $2,000 on Minnesota, and lost $2,000 on Chicago.

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On April 21, 1987, the Reds played the Padres in San Diego at 7:05 p.m. (Pacific Coast time) and lost 3-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 5:23 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:31 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:47 p.m. The call lasted seven minutes. Between 12:02 a.m. and 11:51 p.m., Janszen called the sports line nineteen times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose lost $2,600 on the Reds, won $2,000 on the Mets, lost $2,000 on Atlanta, lost $3,400 on St. Louis, lost $2,000 on Detroit, won $2,200 on Chicago, and won $2,000 on Minnesota.

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On April 22, 1987, the Reds played the Padres in San Diego at 7:05 p.m. (Pacific Coast time) and lost 6-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 6:21 p.m. The call lasted six and a half minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose's home at 6:30 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:57 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Pete Rose called home twice from his hotel room in San Diego. Between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m., Janszen called the sports line thirteen times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose lost $2,600 on the Reds, lost $2,000 on Atlanta, lost $2,600 on St. Louis, and won $2,000 on Boston. Milwaukee was rained out.

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On April 23, 1987, the Reds played the Padres in San Diego at 1:05 p.m. (Pacific Coast time) and won 3-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 4:59 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 5:06 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 7:13 p.m. The call lasted seven minutes. Pete Rose called home from his hotel room in San Diego. Pete Rose called home from his room at the Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas.[467] Between 12:20 a.m. and 11:42 p.m., Janszen called the sports line twenty times. According to Janszen's records, no bets were placed on baseball or the Reds on this date.

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On April 24, 1987, the Reds played the Astros in Houston at 8:35 p.m. and won 4-3 in eleven innings. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 4:47 p.m. The call lasted fifteen minutes. Janszen called Val at 5:54 p.m. The call lasted six minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:37 p.m. The call lasted seven minutes. Rose called home twice from his room at the Westin Galleria in Houston. Between 12:00 a.m. and 10:34 p.m., Janszen called the sports line ten times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,600 on the Reds.

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On April 25, 1987, the Reds played the Astros in Houston at 8:35 p.m. and won 3-0 in ten innings. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 12:50 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 1:02 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 1:08 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 4:26 p.m. The call lasted six minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 5:47 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Pete Rose called home twice and Paul Janszen twice from his room at the Westin Galleria in Houston. Between 2:39 a.m. and 11:31 p.m., Janszen called the sports line twelve times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on Atlanta, won $2,000 on Detroit, lost $3,000 on the Yankees, and won $2,000 on Milwaukee.

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On April 26, 1987, the Reds played the Astros in Houston at 2:35 p.m. and won 11-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 11:38 a.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 12:23 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 12:53 p.m. The call lasted six minutes. Janszen called Chevashore at 5:47 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. A call was placed from Pete Rose's hotel room in Houston to his home. Between 2:14 p.m. and 10:51 p.m., Janszen called the sports line twenty-three times. According to Janszen's records, no bets were placed on baseball or the Reds game on that day.

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April 27, 1987 was an off day for the Reds. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 4:23 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val at 5:16 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. A call was placed from Pete Rose's home to Chevashore at 6:37 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. A call was placed from Pete-Rose's home to Chevashore at 6:44 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. A call was placed from Pete Rose's home to Chevashore at 6:53 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on Seattle, lost $2,800 on California, won $2,000 on Oakland, lost $2,400 on Atlanta, lost $2,800 on the Mets, and lost $3,400 on Philadelphia.

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On April 28, 1987, the Reds played the Braves in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and lost 7-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore at 5:59 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Chevashore at 6:16 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse from his car phone at 6:43 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse from his car phone at 6:52 p.m. The call lasted one minute. The Reds' clubhouse records indicate that Janszen called Pete Rose twice, once at 6:45 p.m. and again at 6:55 p.m., from a number which has been determined to be Janszen's car phone..Janszen called Chevashore at 6:57 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. A call was placed from Pete Rose's home to the sports line at 8:30 p.m, The call lasted two minutes. Between 1:40 p.m. and 2:24 a.m., Janszen called the sports line six times. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $4,000 on the Reds, lost $3,200 on Los Angeles, won $2,800 on San Diego, won $2,000 on Toronto, won $2,000 on California, lost $2,400 on Detroit, and won $2,000 on Oakland.

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On April 29, 1987, the Reds played the Braves in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and lost 5-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Pete Rose at the Reds' clubhouse from his car phone at 6:42 p.m. The call lasted one minute. The Reds' clubhouse records indicate that Janszen called Rose at 6:45 p.m. Janszen called Val at 6:43 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Val at 7:08 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose's home at 4:03 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted two minutes. Three calls were placed from Pete Rose's home to the sports line at 12:17 a.m., 1:00 a.m. and 1:32 a.m. Between 1:48 a.m. and 9:57 p.m., Janszen called the sports line four times. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $4,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on the Mets, won $2,000 on Philadelphia, won $2,000 on St. Louis, won $2,000 on Toronto, lost $2,800 on the Yankees, lost $2,800 on Seattle, and lost $3,400 on California.

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On April 30, 1987, the Reds played the Braves in Cincinnati at 12:35 p.m. and won 9-8 in eleven innings. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 11:55 a.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val at 12:03 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 12:08 p.m. The call lasted five minutes. Janszen called Val at 6:18 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val at 7:01 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Between 2:06 a.m. and 7:07 p.m., Janszen called the sports line eight times. Janszen also called the sports line in Chicago from Philadelphia and neighboring vicinity at 9:35 p.m. and 10:59 p.m. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on Seattle, won $2,000 on St. Louis, lost $2,200 on the Cubs, and won $2,000 on the Mets.

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On May 1, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Philadelphia at 7:35 p.m. and won 8-5. Telephone records indicate that Janszen called Chevashore from Philadelphia between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Janszen called Chevashore from Philadelphia between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The call lasted fourteen minutes. Between 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m., Janszen called the sports line eight times from Philadelphia. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on the Mets, lost $2,200 on Los Angeles, won $2,000 on Toronto, lost $2,800 on Baltimore, lost $2,400 on the Yankees and won $2,000 on Houston.

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On May 2, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Philadelphia at 7:05 p.m. and lost 8-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore from Philadelphia between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Chevashore twice from Philadelphia between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. The calls lasted four and six minutes. Janszen called Val from Philadelphia between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Rose's home from Philadelphia between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val from Philadelphia between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m., Janszen called the sports line from Philadelphia eighteen times. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $2,600 on the Reds, lost $3,000 on the Mets, won $2,000 on Toronto, lost $2,800 on Houston, won $2,000 on the Yankees, won $2,000 on Pittsburgh, lost $2,800 on St. Louis, won $2,000 on Kansas City, won $2,000 on California, and lost $2,400 on Seattle.

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On May 3, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Philadelphia at 1:35 p.m. and won 9-6.
Telephone records indicate Janszen called Chevashore from Philadelphia between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. The call lasted seven minutes. Janszen called Chevashore from Philadelphia between 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m.. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Val twice from Philadelphia between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. The calls lasted one and two minutes. Janszen called Val from Philadelphia between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Janszen called the sports line eight times from Philadelphia. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, lost $3,200 on Houston, won $2,000 on Chicago, won $2,000 on Toronto, and won $2,000 on California. Pittsburgh and Los Angeles were rained out.

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May 4, 1987 was an off day for the Reds. Pete Rose and Paul Janszen went to New York. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val from New York between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Chevashore from New York between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The call lasted six minutes. Janszen called Chevashore from New York between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The call lasted fourteen minutes. Janszen called Chevashore from New York between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Val from New York between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose won $2,000 on the Yankees, won $2,000 on Atlanta, lost $2,800 on St. Louis, and lost $2,800 on Los Angeles. Toronto was rained out.

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On May 5, 1987, the Reds played the Mets in New York at 7:35 p.m. and won 2-0. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val from New York between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Janszen called the sports line from New York between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The call lasted one minute. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,600 on the Reds, lost $3,400 on Detroit, won $2,000 on Boston, lost $3,000 on Atlanta, and won $2,800 on Pittsburgh.

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On May 6, 1987, the Reds played the Mets in New York at 7:35 p.m. and lost 3-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Bertolini from New York between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val twice from New York between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. The calls lasted ten and eight minutes. Janszen called Bertolini twice from New York between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. The calls lasted four and two minutes. Janszen called Val from Queens between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Janszen called the sports line from New York between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $2,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on Boston, lost $3,400 on Minnesota, lost $2,800 on Atlanta, won $2,000 on St. Louis, and lost $3,200 on San Francisco.

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May 7, 1987 was an off day for the Reds. Paul Janszen and Pete Rose returned to Cincinnati. The records indicate no betting action on this date. However, the telephone records indicate Janszen called Val between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. from New York. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. from New York. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 12:56 p.m.[468] The call lasted four minutes. Janszen called Val at 7:06 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Val at 7:24 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Val at 7:29 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Between 4:57 p.m. and 11:51 p.m., Janszen called the sports line eight times.

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On May 8, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and won 4-3. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 6:36 p.m. The call lasted two minutes. Janszen called Pete Rose at the clubhouse at 6:40 p.m. Between 12:19 a.m. and 11:49 p.m., Janszen called the sports line fourteen times, three times from Pete Rose's home. A call was placed from Rose's home to the sports line at 11:55 p.m. The call lasted one minute. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on Houston, won $2,000 on Atlanta, won $2,000 on Chicago, lost $2,800 on California, lost $2,800 on Detroit, and lost $3,200 on Milwaukee.

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On May 9, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Cincinnati at 2:15 p.m. and lost 4-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Pete Rose at the clubhouse at 1:30 p.m. Between 12:30 a.m. and 11:33 p.m., Janszen called the sports line thirty-two times. Between 12:30 a.m. and 11:57 p.m., five calls were placed from Pete Rose-'s home to the sports line. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $3,400 on the Reds, lost $2,800 on Houston, won $2,200 on Atlanta, lost $3,000 on Boston, lost $2,800 on Milwaukee,won $2,000 on Los Angeles, lost $2,000 on San Diego, lost $2,800 on Detroit, lost $2,600 on the White Sox, and lost $4,000 on the Yankees.

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On May 10, 1987, the Reds played the Phillies in Cincinnati at 2:15 p.m. and lost 4-3. Fifteen calls were placed from Pete Rose's home to the sports line between 12:23 a.m. and 8:33 p.m. Between 12:28 a.m. and 6:15 p.m., Janszen called the sports line fifteen times. According to Janszen's records, Rose lost $3,400 on the Reds, lost $3,200 on Milwaukee, lost $2,800 on Houston, lost $2,800 on the Mets, won $2,400 on San Diego, won $2,000 on Los Angeles, won $2,000 on Boston, won $2,000 on the Yankees, and won $2,000 on Detroit.

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On. May 11, 1987, the Reds played the Mets in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and won 12-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 6:34 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Between 7:50 p.m. and 11:15 p.m., Janszen called the sports line seventeen times. According to Janszen's records, Rose won $2,000 on the Reds, won $2,000 on the Yankees, won $2,000 on Toronto, lost $4,000 on Boston, lost $2,000 on Atlanta, lost $3,600 on Houston, lost $3,400 on Los Angeles, and lost $2,000 on Detroit.

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On May 12, 1987, the Reds played the Mets in Cincinnati at 7:35 p.m. and lost 6-2. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Pete Rose at the clubhouse at 9:55 p.m. Between 12:40 a.m. and 11:51 p.m., Janszen called the sports line fifteen times. According to Janszen's records, Pete Rose lost $2,800 on the Reds, won $2,000 on Atlanta, won $2,000 on Los Angeles, and won $2,000 on Detroit. This was the last date showing baseball betting in Janszen's records.

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On May 13, 1987, the Reds played the Expos in Montreal at 7:05 p.m. and won 12-6. Telephone records indicate Janszen called Val at 6:58 p.m. The call lasted three minutes. Between 12:38 a.m. and 10:46 p.m., Janszen called the sports line sixteen times.

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On May 14, 1987, the Reds played the Expos in Montreal at 7:35 p.m. and won 10-9. Telephone records indicate a call was placed at 12:13 p.m. from Pete Rose's home to Rene Longpre/Hotel Manoir Lemoyne. The call lasted five minutes. Another call was placed from Pete Rose's home to Le Centre Station, the Reds' hotel in Montreal, at 12:18 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen call Val from his car phone at 1:28 p.m. The call lasted one minute. Janszen called Rene Longpre/Hotel Manoir Lemoyne in Montreal at 7:32 p.m. from his car phone. The call lasted one minute. Between 10:31 p.m. and 11:03 p.m., Janszen called the sports line four times.

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On May 15, 1987, the Reds played the cardinals in St. Louis at 8:35 p.m. and lost 5-4.

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On May 16, 1987, the Reds played the Cardinals in St. Louis at 8:05 p.m. and lost 6-5.


Footnotes:

466) Janszen and Marcum both testified that they spent a considerable amount of time at Pete Rose's home taking and placing bets.

467) The Reds played the Astros in Houston in a three-game series that began on April 24.

468) The remainder of the calls for May 7 were placed from Janszen's home in Cincinnati.


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