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ESPN to debut 'Backstory' about Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and gambling in MLB

"Banned for Life*" - the new episode from ESPN's Backstory series - is about Hit King, former Big Red Machine great and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Pete Rose in addition to Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox Scandal and gambling in Major League Baseball. It will debut on ESPN this Sunday (Jan. 19) at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Executive producer and host Don Van Natta Jr. shared the trailer for the episode a few weeks ago:

"Pete Rose" was trending on Twitter on Monday after MLB handed down punishments to the Houston Astros following its sign-stealing investigation.