Baseball great Pete Rose is the subject of the new Max docuseries “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” writes Jonathan Abrams for The New York Times.

Despite being a three-time World Series champion, winning three battling titles, a National League MVP, and making 17 All-Star Games, Rose was later banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.

He’s spent decades clearing his name, and the docuseries tells his story.

“Everybody’s got an opinion about me,” Rose said. “But I got the only opinion that counts.”

J.J. Abrams, the filmmaker and an executive producer of the docuseries calls Rose’s story “inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and tragic,” as well as “deeply compelling.”

Not the most athletically gifted baseball player, no one outworked Rose, as he earned the nickname Charlie Hustle. The nickname was bestowed on him by New York Yankees legends, Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford.

Rose finished his career with the most hits in the MLB’s nearly 150-year history at 4,256.

While his numbers warrant it, his actions have kept him out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

With sports betting now more widespread, Rose believes he would have received more mercy from baseball had he been an alcoholic or abuser.

Read more about Pete Rose’s story in The New York Times.

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