Familiar Name
Peter Edward Rose Jr. — known more under his playing name "P.J. Rose" — is batting .306 as the starting first baseman for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League this season. Rose is the team leader in at-bats (340) and is second in hits (104). Rose, 37, will be hard-pressed at this point to duplicate last season's .342 performance with Long Island.
The Ducks are also the franchise that developed Outlaws assistant general manager Russ Blatt, who worked in operations for Long Island before the GBL brought him to California.