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Baseball’s Banished Man: “Hit King” Pete Rose Argues For Reinstatement In New HBO Documentary Series
Pete Rose, banished from baseball, argues for reinstatement in the HBO docuseries 'Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose,' directed by Mark Monroe.
On the baseball diamond, Pete Rose did everything head on – barreling into infielders to break up a double play, diving headfirst on steals, famously flattening catcher Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 1970 All-Star Game. That lifetime banishment, rendered in 1989, left the man they call Charlie Hustle ineligible to enter the Hall of Fame, even though he’s baseball’s all-time hits leader with 4,256, a mark that may never be eclipsed. Monroe was in the middle of making his series in 2022 when Major League Baseball allowed Rose to participate in a reunion in Philadelphia of the Phillies’ 1980 World Series-winning team.
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