Pete Rose

2014-03-11 Sports & Recreation

Author : Kostya Kennedy
Release : 2014-03-11
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pete Rose by : Kostya Kennedy

Download or read book Pete Rose written by Kostya Kennedy. This book was released on 2014-03-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Kostya Kennedy delivers evocative answers in his fascinating reexamination of Pete Rose’s life; from his cocky and charismatic early years through his storied playing career to his bitter war against baseball’s hierarchy to the man we find today—still incorrigible, still adored by many. Where has his improbable saga landed him in the redefined, post-steroid world? Do we feel any differently about Pete Rose today? Should we?

Pete Rose

2003-12-31 Sports & Recreation

Author : William A. Cook
Release : 2003-12-31
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 950/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Pete Rose written by William A. Cook. This book was released on 2003-12-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 11, 1985, with a sell-out crowd of 52,000 fans on hand at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium and millions of others watching on television, Pete Rose collected hit number 4,192 of his career and passed Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. As he reached first base, thousands of cameras flashed, his teammates mobbed him, fireworks exploded and the crowd overwhelmed him with a seven-minute standing ovation. Rose was on top of the world. Less than four years later, he would be banned for life from baseball for allegedly betting on major league games, roundly criticized in the press by both fans and fellow players, and then convicted for tax evasion. In 2003, fourteen years after he was made ineligible for the Hall of Fame, Commissioner Bud Selig took up Rose's application for reinstatement, igniting once again an intense debate about his legacy and baseball's long-standing zero-tolerance policy on gambling. This book gathers the available facts of Rose's life and career, as well as the scandals he was embroiled in, leaving the reader a more informed participant in the ongoing discussion.

Collision at Home Plate

1992-01-01 Baseball commissioners

Author : James Reston
Release : 1992-01-01
Genre : Baseball commissioners
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 150/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Collision at Home Plate written by James Reston. This book was released on 1992-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the lives of baseball player Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti collided against the backdrop of modern baseball when Rose was accused of betting on the game

Pete Rose

1995 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Thomas W. Gilbert
Release : 1995
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 712/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Pete Rose written by Thomas W. Gilbert. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Hustle

2005-06-02 Sports & Recreation

Author : Michael Sokolove
Release : 2005-06-02
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 445/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hustle written by Michael Sokolove. This book was released on 2005-06-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Pete Rose? Is he Charlie Hustle, the all-American kid who never grew up, who pushed and stretched himself to get the most out of his limited talent, who would do anything in his power to win and to be a part of the game he loved? Or is he the bloated ex-athlete who broke baseball's one absolute taboo, and who was willing to drag down the whole structure of the sport to save himself? In January 2004, Pete Rose publicly admitted to betting on baseball and began his controversial campaign to get himself off the ineligible list and into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His recently published autobiography, the baseball legend's selective telling of the truth, only furthers the myth and the mystery that surrounds him. 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.

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