Author Keith O’Brien delves deeply into Pete Rose’s complex life in his recently published book Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. Using decades’ worth of newspaper articles, federal court records, FBI files, MLB’s 1989 investigation into Pete Rose’s gambling, and hours upon hours of interviews with Pete’s associates both past and present, O’Brien meticulously researches and creates a gripping story. He even spent over twenty hours talking to Pete on the record.
