A rather amazing account of Rose's career as a baseball player and as a gambling addict. He really was one of the greatest ball players of all time, but what is astounding is the way he was able to pull off the gambling he did for so many years. This is really interesting in light of the recent incidents with Shohei Ohtani. Rose gambled on horse racing, Jai Lai, dog racing, football, basketball really almost anything someone would take a bet on. Ultimately his downfall was betting on pro-baseball and on his own team. The manic energy that it took to live like he did for so many years is extraordinary.
Another interesting aspect of this is that when Rose finally caught and was banned from baseball, was right at the time of the rise of steroids in pro-baseball, which became a much bigger scandal but somehow with less consequences for the people involved.
