Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose, HBO's new four-part sports doc, is worth your time, especially if you love baseball history as I do. It does not plead Rose's case, and in truth, no case can be made. The rule he violated is baseball's most sacrosanct and has been since eight of Chicago's Black Sox were banned for life from the majors for taking bribes to tank the 1919 World Series. Rule 21, Section D, Number 2: A player or official involved in a game who bets on that game "shall be declared permanently ineligible." Eighty-three years old now, Rose is still MLB's career leader in a few categories, including hits—4,256. He is still the Hit King, and being the Hit King is still Pete's alpha and omega. Finally—and, yeah, tragically—Pete Rose is still ineligible for election to Baseball's Hall of Fame. |
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