Inside the Parker - Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame + Author Keith O'Brien
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob is joined by author Keith O’Brien (Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball) checks in to discuss Rob Manfred’s decision to posthumously lift Pete Rose’s ban from baseball. During the conversation, Rob and Keith break down why it took so long, the role President Trump played in the whole ordeal, whether Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and much more! Plus, Cincinnati sports super fan Michael K Williams swings by to set the scene from Pete Rose Night on Wednesday in Cincinnati, MLBBro.com managing editor JR Gamble has a special Rose-themed edition of Foul or Fair, and we drop Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | From the Berkshires to the sound. |
| 0:09.0 | From wherever you live in MLB, America, this is Inside the Parker. |
| 0:14.0 | You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League Baseball. |
| 0:18.0 | Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number 57. |
| 0:23.2 | Rob Parker. |
| 0:25.2 | Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost 40 years now. |
| 0:30.1 | In New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, in L.A. |
| 0:35.3 | I love this game. |
| 0:37.4 | Let's go. Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker, |
| 0:44.7 | and what a very special edition of Inside the Parker all about Pete Rose, yes, and a stunning |
| 0:51.5 | decision by Major League Baseball to make him eligible and no longer |
| 0:57.2 | banned author Keith O'Brien, who's written a really tremendous book about Pete Rose. |
| 1:03.2 | He'll join us, plus foul affair, all that and much more. |
| 1:07.5 | Let's go. |
| 1:08.7 | Here comes the big interview. |
| 1:11.4 | Listen and learn. |
| 1:12.8 | Oh, it's so good. |
| 1:14.8 | Now let's welcome in author Keith O'Brien, who wrote the book, Charlie Hustle, The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. |
| 1:27.3 | Keith, we've had you on before. It's so |
| 1:30.2 | apropos to have you now. And again, welcome to Inside the Parker. How you doing, Keith? |
| 1:35.0 | I'm great, man. How are you? Great to be back with you. Absolutely. Man. So the announcement |
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