His father, Harry Francis Rose, was known as Big Pete and earned a measure of local fame as a semipro football player, a fierce and feisty halfback who never got his shot at the big time.

That’s also part of the Pete Rose story. It’s the story of a West Side boy taught to play baseball to the high expectations of his father, with grit and hustle. Of a ballplayer who didn’t ...

P.J. Rose, the grandson of all-time MLB hits leader Pete Rose, is following in his grandfather’s footsteps, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After recently starting classes at La ...