My Prison Without Bars: Pete Rose

Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Press, 2004 This book is Pete Rose's full accounting of his life. No one thinks he's perfect. He has made mistakes - big ones. And he is finally ready to admit them. Pete Rose holds more major league baseball records than any other player in history. He stands alone as baseball's hit king having shattered the previously "unbreakable" record held by Ty Cobb. He is a blue-collar hero with the kind of old-fashioned work ethic that turned great talent into legendary accomplishments. He is also a lifelong gambler. Accused of violating MLB's one taboo of gambling on baseball as a player, the punishment is no less than a permanent barring from baseball and exclusion from the Hall of Fame. He has lived in the shadow of his exile. He has denied betting on the game that he loves. He has been shunned by MLB, investigated by the IRS, and served time in the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. In this, his first book since his very public fall from grace, Rose speaks with great candor about all the outstanding questions that have kept him firmly in public eye. 322 pages including 16 pages of photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.