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.

Keith O’Brien gets the personal stuff out of the way in his author’s note at the beginning of “Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball.” ...

Few figures in baseball history are more polarizing than Pete Rose, the charismatic hit king serving a lifetime ban for ...

A private industry reading of CHARLIE HUSTLE, a new musical by Ryan Noggle (CBS'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD) and Neil Berg (GRUMPY OLD MEN), directed by Nick Corley (WOODY SEZ) will be held in New York ...

KEITH’S MOST RECENT BOOK, CHARLIE HUSTLE THE RISE AND FALL OF PETE ROSE AND THE LAST GLORY DAYS OF BASEBALL, TELLS THE FULL STORY OF ONE OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST ICONS AND MOST EPIC TRAGEDIES.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A group of local artists have come together to create a mural honoring the late Pete Rose, known as "Charlie Hustle," in just two days. The mural, titled "14 Forever," was ...

“Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and The Last Glory Days of Baseball,” by Keith O’Brien, (Pantheon Books: New York), 2024, 440 pages, hardcover.

"Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose," a four-part documentary series, debuted Wednesday night on HBO and is streaming on Max. You get some great Big Red Machine highlights and history.

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.

Imagine that. Imagine being a boy who loved baseball and worshipped Charlie Hustle throughout his adolescence. I watched every game of his I could. I studied his baseball card statistics.