4192: The Crowning of the Hit King [OV] (2010)

same everyday devotion that garnered him the nickname, “Charlie Hustle.” Baseball would never be the same. “4192” traces the Hit King’s rise as one of baseball’s greatest and most controversial stars, from Pete’s first at-bat to that immortal September evening where history was made. Pete Rose was perhaps the most versatile player in Major League Baseball history, having played five hundred or more games at five differentpositions in his twenty-four year career. In his awe-inspiring career, Rose amassed numerous major league records including most hits, most games played and most at-bats. He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, 1975 World Series MVP, won two gold gloves, three World Series rings, and appeared in seventeen All-Star games among other notable achievements. “4192: The Crowning of the Hit King” tells the story of a boy, withlimited natural athletic ability, and his father, whose mantra is to win at all costs. But at it’s heart, beyond the awards and statistics, this is a baseball story about a man who loved to play the game and what drove him to chase a record that had been deemed unbreakable. It is the story of a Pete Rose that is often forgotten amongst the gossip: a ballplayer with a divine bat and a true passion for the game. The same Pete Rose that oncesaid that he would “walk through fire in a gasoline suit to play baseball.”