PETE ROSE: MY STORY by Rose, Pete (with Roger Kahn) - 1989

New York: Macmillan and Co., 1989. (xviii) 300 pp. Quarter-bound in red cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. The Chapters are: A Hall-of-Fame Promise; To Reach the Unreachable Star; Beginnings; Boyhoods; Up from the Minors; A Rose Grows in Cincinnati; The Thrill of the (Plastic) Grass; No Longer a Red; Almost a Centerfold; The Gambler; and Fathers and Sons; followed by an index. Includes a dropped-in O-Pee-Chee Baseball Card from 1985 featuring Pete Rose as the manager of Reds. It was obvious right from the start that Pete Rose was a remarkable athlete. His nickname, Charlie Hustle, was well deserved. And that's what he did for the Cincinnati Reds, the Philadelphia Phillies, and briefly, for the Montreal Expos - he hustled. Three World Series rings, two Gold Gloves, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, Rookie of the Year and 17 All-Star games - incredible highlights in an incredible career. Most addictions in this world are forgiven after the apologies and the confessions are given - a little public humiliation and it is back to business as normal. It's curious that Pete Rose has never been forgiven for gambling. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.