Pittsburgh Steelers: Backup QB Charlie Batch Bankrupt, Super Bowl Rings For Sale

March 25, 2011   ·   mad chad   ·   Jump to comments

Most people in the Pittsburgh area, and fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers, know Charlie Batch as a great person and a decent backup quarterback. You usually hear stories of all of the charitable work that Batch does for the Pittsburgh community, most notably his hometown of Homestead, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
I grew up and live in the same community that Batch grew up in and even attended the same high school (Steel Valley) as Batch. Batch gets treated like royalty in the Homestead/Munhall area because of the "charitable" work that he does.
Not saying that the neigborhood doesn't appreciate what he does, or has done, but Batch is far from a hero and definitely far from a saint.
Batch was also respected as a role model for the young kids in the urban neighborhood of Homestead. Batch is considered a very smart man who cares about more than football. Batch has seemed to always understand his role as Ben Roethlisberger's backup. Batch also was thought to have a better after-foo...

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