Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, a four-part @HBO Original Documentary Series, chronicles the life and career of one of sports' most polarizing figures. Premieres July 24 on @StreamOnMax. #PeteRoseHBO
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00:00everybody on their feet here in Cincinnati Pete Rose the all-time Major
00:06League Baseball hit leader they call him Charlie Hustle Pete was the down-and-dirty
00:18local kid there's only one way to play and that's bust ass all out for the
00:27whole game Rose had it all but he also proved himself to be consummate liar he
00:41was losing lots of money gambling and he started betting baseball I did not bet
00:45on baseball he owed enormous sums to the block no I wasn't gonna start messing
00:50with organized crime this was baseball's Watergate one of the game's greatest
00:56players has stained the game mr. Rose has accepted baseball's ultimate
01:01sanction lifetime ineligibility till this day I don't think they had evidence
01:07would have lasted in court about me bet on baseball work on a crusade to get me
01:12reinstated he has to participate and show that he wants it I went baseball
01:17and Pete Rose to be friends so I can say I'm not an outsider looking in what he
01:23did for me was invaluable Pete's his own worst enemy should Pete Rose be in
01:30the Hall of Fame integrity still matters Shakespeare would have a field day with
01:35this story all I did is bet on baseball I didn't drop banks and I was wrong by
01:42not coming clean originally but I played the game right
01:48so we done cuz I gotta go make a bet no I just get here