Collects reminiscences from friends and associates about the life and career of the colorful and controversial Pete Rose.
In Play Hungry, Rose tells us the story of how, through hard work and sheer will, he became one of the unlikeliest stars of the game. Guided by the dad he idolized, a local sports hero, Pete learned to play hard and always focus on winning.
With a new, updated introduction by the author, and packed with interviews with Rose's family, his teammates, sportswriters, and police investigators, Hustle is the real, objective story of the life of Pete Rose.
A biography of the major league baseball player who is one of the select group to have hit 3,000 times and have had 10 seasons of more than 200 hits.
From that first day in 1963 to the latest gambling allegations, Charlie Hustle has without doubt emerged as one of the most brash, exciting sports personalities. He has more hits...
For the vast majority of professional baseball players, how they will be remembered by fans has been determined by the last time they leave the playing field.
From one of baseball's leading hitters comes an instructional guide covering the basic techniques, psychology, strategies of hitting a baseball, as well as personal anecdotes about such renowned baseball players as Johnny Bench, Willie Mays ...
A biography of the batter who broke Ty Cobb's record for career base hits shows how his enthusiasm and determination earned him the nickname "Charlie Hustle," while his gambling led to his being banned from baseball
... 59 Finley, Charles, 29-30, 125, 137, 200, 215,298-99, 304-5 first base, 243 Fishel, John, 256 Fisher, Jack, 311 Fisk, Carlton, 178 Flood, Curt, 18, 276-79, 316 Florida Marlins, 279-81, 324-26, 329 Fogerty, John, 232, 279 Fondy, Dee, ...
A biography stressing the baseball career of the star outfielder of the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose.
Describes how the lives of baseball player Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti collided when Rose was accused of betting on the game