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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he plans to grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, one of Major League Baseball’s all-time greats. He was banned for life from the sport in 1989 due to his involvement in betting on games.

Pete Rose dead at 83 | Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose Credit: HBO

While the move has sparked renewed discussions over Rose’s controversial exclusion from the game, it also ties into an interesting pop culture reference in the hit show Better Call Saul. Here’s a look at Trump’s announcement and its unexpected connection to the world of television.

US President Donald Trump announced the pardon of late baseball player Pete Rose Pete Rose in a still from Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose Credit: HBO

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to declare his intention to pardon Pete Rose, one of...

Pete Rose was a baseball legend unlike any other. He still holds the record for most career hits of any player in Major League Baseball history, an astonishing 4,256 over 24 seasons. But Rose’s story involved both dazzling success on the field and a dramatic fall from grace. After years of speculation, Rose was ultimately banned for life in 1989 for betting on baseball while both a player and manager, making him the only star ever exiled permanently from the sport for gambling.

The four-part documentary series Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose aims to capture the entire scope of Rose’s epic tale. Using interviews with the man himself as well as former teammates, analysts delve into Rose’s playing career highlights and what drove him to become the consummate winner with a relentless work ethic. But the series also traces Rose’s well-known addictions to gambling and his denials...

As many may know, actor Kurt Russell began his professional screen career in 1963 when he was only 12 years old. He appeared in the Elvis Presley vehicle "It Happened at the World's Fair," wherein Russell's character was approached by the King and given a quarter to kick him in the shin. Elvis, you see, needed an excuse to visit a local nurse, and required a minor injury. The Russell character was only too happy to oblige. 

Since then, Russell has enjoyed a prolonged and prolific acting career that has lasted to this day. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the young Russell was a golden child for Disney, appearing in a dozen movies for the company and becoming Disney's most profitable star. Now 73, Russell is currently appearing in the TV series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters," and will soon play a notable role in an upcoming Smurfs feature film. 

Russell has said multiple times,...