Pete Rose pulls for his son in Dodgertown
By John Nadel
The Associated Press
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Pete
Rose kept a low profile, sitting
quietly in the stands at Dodger
town watching his son play in an
intrasquad game. He hopes to be
watching Pete Jr. playing in Los
Angeles one of these days.
And Pete Jr. says it’s going to
happen, later if not sooner.
“I think I’ve got what it takes,”
Pete Jr. said Tuesday. "I plan on
making the team. I don’t plan on
playing in [Triple-A] Albu
querque.”
And if manager Davey Johnson
sends him down?
“I’ll bust my tail,” Pete Jr. said.
“I’m going to be in L.A. at some
time. I’m a guy who’s got some
pop. Left-handed pop looks to be
a little scarce around here. I think
Davey Johnson likes tough guys. I
come to play.”
The elder Rose, the career hits
leader who agreed to a lifetime
ban for gambling, called Dodgers
general manager Kevin Malone
during the winter to request a fa
vor.
“Pete asked me to give his son
a chance,” Malone recalled. "I’ve
known both of them for years.
They both have huge hearts. I fig
ured it was a win-win situation. 1
told Pete it would be tough for [Ju
nior] to make the team. He said,
‘No special treatment, all we ask
is a chance.’ ”
And that’s the deal. The
younger Rose, a 29-year-old
whose only major league experi
ence was a brief spell with the
Cincinnati Reds 18 months ago,
signed a minor league contract
with an invitation to spring train
ing.
And here he is, giving it his best
shot.
“Nobody can tell me to stop
chasing my dream,” he said.
“He knows how to play, he’s
not going to give up,” the elder
Rose said. “He’s just now figuring
out his m.o.”
Rose referred to the change his
son went through between the
1996 and 1997 seasons. Essential
ly, Pete Jr., went from a clone of
his father to a power hitter, bulk
ing up in the gym from 200
pounds to around 230.
“I’m bigger than he is,” the
younger Rose said. “It took me
longer to figure things out. I had to
make a change, and I did. Basical
ly, I’ve been at this for only a few
years.”
He recently spent a week with
his father, and it helped as he en
tered spring training.
“It’s a plus when you have the
hit-king on your side,” he said.
“He’s just unbelievable, a great
person, a great dad, a great
coach.”
And, obviously, a big fan of his
son.
The younger Rose had his best
season by far in 1997, hitting .308
with 25 homers and 98 RBIs in
112 games for Double-A Chat
tanooga. He was called up by the
Reds and made his only big
league start on Labor Day, going 1
for-3.
The crowd in Cincinnati,
where Rose’s father played most
of his career and later managed,
was 31,920. The majority of those
tickets were sold after it was an
nounced Rose was playing.
“The Reds didn’t give him a
chance,” dad said. “They used
him to make some money. 1 know
it wasn’t [owner] Marge [Schott],
Marge likes Pete. If nothing else,
he paid to go to spring training the
next year.”
It didn’t happen that way, and
after the younger Rose was asked
to go to Double-A in 1998, he re
fused and asked for his release.
He wound up the year playing for
the New Jersey Jackals of the inde
pendent Northeast League.
The younger Rose remains
somewhat bitter.
"Playing in Cincinnati was spe
cial, unbelievable,” he said.
“There will only be one thing bet
ter — when I go there as a visitor
and get the job done. And it’s go
ing to happen.
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(March 21 to April 19)
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