Petey

Pete Rose Junior is going to manage the Bristol White Sox of the short-season class A Appalachian League.
Good for him. While he is following in his dad's footsteps in becoming a manager, I hope he stays away from betting on his team. Although I don't know how much action there is on Appy League games.
But snide comments aside, I was astounded to learn that Rose Jr. played minor league ball through the 2009 season. He played 21-seasons in the bush leagues. That is a lot of bus rides.
I do remember when, basically as a publicity stunt in 1997, then Reds owner Marge Schott brought him to the big leagues. His career Major League totals were 11 games played, 14 AB's with 2 singles for a lifetime average of .143. He also scored two runs and walked twice with 9 strikeouts.
He retired with 4,254 fewer hits than his dad.
Still, 21-years of minor league baseball? He played in 1,918 games with 1,877 hits for a career mark of .271. He hit 158 homers in the minors. His dad hit 160 in the majors.
I'm pulling for Rose Junior to do well as a manager. I'm sure he had to take a lot of crap because of his dad. Rose Junior was no stranger to trouble himself having served jail time for passing out the drug GBL to teammates. He was also accused of using performance enhancing drugs when he was found to be on list of players involved with steroid provider Kirk Radomski.
Hard to believe the little kid we all saw in the Reds dugout all those years wearing a little #14 Rose jersey is now 41-years old.