Charlie Hustle

The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

De: Keith O'Brien

Narrado por: Ellen Adair, Keith O'Brien

Duración: 14 h y 47 m

Resumen del Editor

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America’s most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century • "Comprehensive, compulsively readable and wholly terrific."—The Wall Street Journal

"Long before the inquiry into Ohtani's ties to betting, there was Pete Rose....Charlie Hustle chronicles one of the most polarizing figures in sports."—NPR, All Things Considered

“Baseball biography at its best. With Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose finally gets the book he deserves, and baseball fans get the book we’ve been craving, a hard-hitting, beautifully-written tale that will stand for years to come as the definitive account of one of the most fascinating figures in American sports history.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of King: A Life

Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago that still stands today. He was a working-class white guy from Cincinnati who made it; less talented than tough, and rough around the edges. He was everything that America wanted and needed him to be, the American dream personified, until he wasn’t.

In the 1980s, Pete Rose came to be at the center of one of the biggest scandals in baseball history. He kept secrets, ran with bookies, took on massive gambling debts, and he was magnificently, publicly cast out for betting on baseball and lying about it. The revelations that followed ruined him, changed life in Cincinnati, and forever altered the game.

Charlie Hustle tells the full story of one of America’s most epic tragedies—the rise and fall of Pete Rose. Drawing on firsthand interviews with Rose himself and with his associates, as well as on investigators' reports, FBI and court records, archives, a mountain of press coverage, Keith O’Brien chronicles how Rose fell so far from being America’s “great white hope.” It is Pete Rose as we've never seen him before.

This is no ordinary sport biography, but cultural history at its finest. What O’Brien shows is that while Pete Rose didn’t change, America and baseball did. This is the story of that change.

©2024 Keith O'Brien (P)2024 Random House Audio

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“Pete Rose's epic life demands the epic treatment, and Keith O'Brien marvelously takes on the challenge. He captures the dizzying heights and calamitous lows but even more, finds the humanity of the man who lived a sports life unlike any other.”—Joe Posnanski, New York Times bestselling author of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

“I’ve never liked Pete Rose. I'm not sure many people have liked Pete Rose. But he also may well be the most fascinating pro athlete of the last century. And that's what makes Keith O’Brien's richly reported, beautifully written Charlie Hustle so damn good. It's riveting. It's engrossing. And, like Rose, it's impossible to ignore.”—Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Folk Hero

“Charlie Hustle is a thoroughly-reported, up-to-date account of a tragic American sports star. Keith O’Brien takes us through the highs and lows of Pete Rose’s rise and fall. Even if you think you already know it all, read this book. This is powerful new stuff.”—Dan Shaughnessy, New York Times bestselling author of Francona

SOLID STORY OF HUSTLE, WINNING, AND A SAD ENDING NOT QUITE OVER!

As a lifelong fan of Pete Rose, I relived many of his triumphs, and many of his poor choices and failures. I come away with my mixture of feelings towards Pete - memories of admiration, anger, disgust, and - finally - pity and sadness.

Charlie Hustle, later known as the Hit King, had MLB itself as his biggest fan, and he lost that. Sadly, MLB and Baseball's Hall of Fame show little compassion today, and I don't see any change of heart for an increasingly frail old man who will turn 83 on 14 April.

Neither MLB or Cooperstown should waste time patting themselves on their collective backs over the nearly 34 years since that fateful year of 1989 - They have little to be proud of in several instances during their perspective Histories.

Rose will likely die outside the game he glorified with his hits, heart, and hustle - the game he still loves, sells, countless times, while setting many Major League and National League records along the way.

Charlie Hustle gambled away his game, and the Old Man now is all but out of time and forgiveness. That, to me, is particularly quite sad.

Well-written, and very fair. Good narration, too - A Solid Hit!

GRADE: A

Narrator not appropriate

A good story that brought up Parts of Pete Rose’s fascinating and self- destructive life. However, having this female narrator doing this book would be like Howard Cosell doing an Ice Dancing book. Too much empathetic voice inflections.

The truth about Pete Rose

Pete was so addicted to betting not just baseball but anything he could place a bet. What a waste.

Mr hitman ain't perfect

A great book, well researched, written and narrated. A compelling story of one of the best baseball hitters to date.

Same facts excellent context

Really enjoyed this book. I wouldn’t say I learned anything new about Pete but definitely well framed in a way that contexualized all the actions in an engrossing way.

Tough listen--because I love Pete Rose:

Well written examination of a flawed man. My sentimental side swelled with nostalgia. My justice-seeking side was left bruised. So many flawed humans are punished to a much lesser extent. My human side ached for him to find peace.
Let him into the HOF with an asterisk--just let him in.

[We, all, have asterisks.]

Really enjoyed the writers insight

I really enjoyed this story on Pete. Much has been written. But you always learn something new. The performer of this audio book was great as well. I enjoyed her voice and pace.

An important baseball story

Well-written and gloriously detailed, showing fine research, this shows every emotion in reviewing Rose’s career—admiration, compassion, sadness, disgust. Timely discussion of the role of gambling in sports, then and now. Stirring narration by Ellen Adair brings the great games of Rose’s career to life.

A man too full

I continue thinking about this book, and Pete, and Gold's Gym, and Paul Giamatti's dad and everyone in Pete's orbit long after listening. The author paints the entire portrait detailing how Pete thrived in baseball with the same mentality that would ultimately bring him down. I thought about how things could have ended better for Rose, like they did some of those in his orbit. But O'Brien makes it clear there was no other path for Rose, who was never going to get out of his own way.

Heartbreaking

Absolutely loved the book.. But I was very sad for Pete for he made so many poor decisions.
Grew up wanting to be like Pete as did every other kid in the 70s.
He could have done so many great things because he was larger than life. Humility was not his nature.
He will get in HOF after he dies. He should be there.