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:
How Pete Rose became Charlie Hustle: Two origin stories for one of baseball's greatest nicknames
Pete Rose, one of the greatest players and most complicated figures in baseball history, has died at age 83. Rose is Major League Baseball's all-time hit king, though never was inducted into the Hall of Fame because he was found to have bet on baseball,
MLB's all-time hit leader, Pete Rose, had one of the most well-known baseball nicknames in history. Here's how Rose earned ...
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Charlie Hustle and the problem of American politicsWith the baseball playoffs in full swing and the US presidential election looming, I’ve been thinking a lot about one of the most polarizing figures in America: a serial liar, an unrepentant womanizer ...
"Charlie Hustle" had a hard-nosed playing style but was banned from baseball in 1989 for illegally betting on the sport.
Yankees legends Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford referred to Rose as "Charlie Hustle" after a spring training game in 1963, just ...
Controversial baseball legend Pete Rose died on Monday at the age of 83. The hit king is one of the best players to ever play ...
As Cincinnati resident Shaun Snyder visited Pete Rose's statue on Monday night, he had four generations of his family on his ...
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