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I idolized Charlie Hustle, but not Pete Rose | Jerry Davich
I was a huge fan of Charlie Hustle. Not so much for Pete Rose. The two personas were the same baseball player, but I separated them decades ago. I idolized Charlie Hustle. I demonized Pete Rose. Maybe you did,
How Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose got the nickname Charlie Hustle
But the christening of Rose as "Charlie Hustle" was anything but complimentary. In a spring training game against New York that year, Rose bunted for a single, much to the amusement of Yankee's great Mickey Mantle and teammate Whitey Ford. From O'Brien's book:
Remembering Pete Rose the player: Charlie Hustle to the end
Pete Rose makes for a fascinating on-field study -- a player whose reputation changed even as his game stayed the same.
No one loved baseball, or damaged it, as much as Pete Rose
A baseball savant, a gambling addict, a corrupted individual — Rose contained multitudes. But no one loved the game — or damaged it — as much as Charlie Hustle.
Why Pete Rose, aka Charlie Hustle, sprinted to first base after a walk
Pete Rose: "My dad said the quicker you get to first base, the quicker you go around the bases. I played the way I was supposed to play."
Baseball-Pete Rose Died of Natural Causes, Coroner's Office Says
Former Major League Baseball star Pete Rose's death at his home in Las Vegas on Monday was due to natural causes, the Clark County coroner's office said. The cause of death of the 83-year-old Rose was determined to be "hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with a significant condition of diabetes mellitus,
Lexington man, teammate remembers Pete Rose: More than a baseball legend
Since Pete Rose's death on Monday, the sports world has been remembering his unmatched record and the controversial end to his baseball career.
Baseball legend Pete Rose's cause of death revealed
Coroner’s Office confirmed to The Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network, that Rose died of hypertension and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure,
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