Conversation so far:
When did Bill James write about the Dowd report?
In his Baseball Book 1990, James heavily criticized the methodology of the Dowd Report.
What was the Dowd Report?
The Dowd Report is the document describing the transgressions of baseball player and manager Pete Rose in betting on baseball.
How did Bill James feel about Pete Rose?
Did Bill James think Rose was cheating?
Bill James expanded his defense of Rose in his 2001 book The New Historical Baseball Abstract, with a detailed explanation of why he found the case against Rose flimsy.
Did Bill James ever write another book?
James expanded his defense of Rose in his 2001 book The New Historical Baseball Abstract, with a detailed explanation of why he found the case against Rose flimsy.
Why did Bill James want to defend Pete Rose?
James wrote I would characterize the evidence that Rose bet on baseball as...well, not quite non-existent. It is extremely weak.
Did most people agree with Bill James?
This countered the popular opinion that the case against Rose was a slam dunk, and several critics claimed that James misstated some of the evidence in his defense of Rose.
Was it later proven that Bill James was wrong?
In 2004, Rose admitted publicly that he had bet on baseball and confirmed the Dowd Report was correct.

Question: Was James embarrassed due to being wrong?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Bill James embarrassed due to being wrong about Pete Rose?