READY, SET, GO FOR ROSE JR. AND WINGNUTS
Source: American Association News
A blend of new faces and familiar ones always mark a new American Association season, and Thursday’s round of openers which kick off the second decade of play will be no different. The most prominent of the newcomers, at least in terms of a name, belongs to Wichita manager Pete Rose Jr., who emphasized to The Wichita Eagle recently he is just as normal as everyone else except “my dad’s got more hits than anybody else’s dad”. Yes, his dad is all-time major league hits king Pete (Charlie Hustle) Rose. Rose brings four seasons of managerial experience to the Wingnuts, all in the Chicago White Sox system, and he promises a few things to American Association foes: “We’re going to show up on time and we’re going to play hard.” The replacement to longtime Wichita skipper Kevin Hooper, who has moved into an infield coordinator role with the National League’s San Diego Padres, also told The Eagle “I like to play wide open and that’s being aggressive and playing the game the way it’s supposed to be played.” He admits his first Wichita team is primarily a hybrid between approximately half of a holdover roster from Hooper and new faces…
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