SIGNED Pete Rose My Prison Without Bars with Rick Hill 2004 HARDBACK book

by Pete Rose, Rick Hill

$255 · Offered by eBay

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... PLEASE READ DESCRIPTIONS AND CHECK PICTURES PROPERLY BEFORE BUYING ... ... CHECK PICTURES FOR CONDITION TOO... SIGNED My Prison Without Bars Pete Rose Rick Hill hardback book hardback book with dust jacket ..... 2004 ..... SIGNED by author Pete Rose ..... wear on the cover and dust jacket has small tear/hole on the edge ... light spot on the edges of the book ....... paper age ....... ******************* 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. Pete Rose is also a lifelong gambler and a sufferer of oppositional defiant disorder. For the past 13 years, he has been banned from baseball and barred from his rightful place in the Hall of Fame-- accused of violating MLB's one taboo. Rule 21 states that no one associated with baseball shall ever gamble on the game. The punishment is no less than a permanent barring from baseball and exclusion from the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose 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 for tax charges in the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. But he's coming back. Pete Rose has never been forgotten by the fans who loved him throughout his 24-year career. The me

• Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2004
• Condition: Good

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