Noted Baseball Historian David Pietrusza Available to Discuss Pete Rose Case and History of Baseball Gambling
Noted Baseball Historian David Pietrusza Available to Discuss Pete Rose Case and History of Baseball Gambling including Black Sox, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Arnold Rothstein
(PRWEB) January 9 2004--Award-winning baseball historian David Pietrusza is
available for media (radio, TV, print)interviews regarding the breaking Pete
Rose gambling admission story as well as on the broader topic of gambling in
baseball.
Pietrusza brings a unique, articulate, knowledgeable voice to
the discussion. His most recent book, Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of
the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series, is a compelling and vivid
biography of gambler Arnold Rothstein. Pietrusza’s earlier work, Judge and Jury:
The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, chronicles the career of
baseball’s first commissioner, the man who cleansed baseball of its gambling
scandals.
The Washington Post calls Rothstein: "a morsel worth chewing
over during the long, dark months between seasons. . . . engaging . .
."
Pietrusza can discuss such topics as:
·
The Pete Rose case, his banishment, and potential
re-instatement.
· The Black Sox Scandal, including
Rothstein, Landis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Buck Weaver.
·
Do Pete Rose and Joe Jackson belong in Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of
Fame?
· The Shufflin Phil Douglas gambling
scandal.
· The Cozy Dolan-Jimmy O’Donnell gambling
scandal.
· First baseman “Prince Hal” Chase—baseball’s
crookedest the player.
· The 1877 Louisville Grays gambling
scandal—it almost wrecked baseball.
Pietrusza is former co-editor of
Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball and president
of the Society of American Baseball Research.
Author David Pietrusza has
appeared on such national outlets as NPR, ESPN Classic, ABC, ESPN-2, ESPN-Radio,
and The Tim McCarver Show. He is available for interviews by contacting: e-mail
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To learn more visit: www.davidpietrusza.com.
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