Hustle is a TV movie

Television movie

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 about baseball

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 player Pete Rose

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Peter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....

 created by ESPN Films

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 that first broadcast on September 25, 2004. The movie follows Rose as he gambled

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 on Major League Baseball

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 while managing the Cincinnati Reds

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, then was caught and banned from baseball for life. The title, Hustle, is a reference to both Rose's gambling problem and his nickname, "Charlie Hustle."

The movie stars Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore

Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore, Jr. is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Strange Days, Pearl Harbor, Heat and Black Hawk Down....

 as Pete Rose and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

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