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.” ...

“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.

His new book, "Charlie Hustle," recounts the unraveling of baseball legend Pete Rose. At this time of year, the start of a new baseball season, we have to lead off with David Halberstam. He was one of ...

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.

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.

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 ...