Threats Made Against Giamatti, Records Show
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The late baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti had threats made against his life during an investigation into Pete Rose’s gambling and for his actions as Yale University president, FBI records show.
The New Haven (Conn.) Advocate, using the Freedom of Information Act, obtained copies of the threats last week and published them Wednesday.
Baseball spokesman Richard Levin told the Advocate that those upset about Giamatti’s handling of the Rose case telephoned with death threats.
Giamatti banned Rose from baseball for life for illegal gambling on Aug. 24, 1989. Giamatti died of a heart attack a week later while vacationing.
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