It’s Been 45 Years Since Pete Rose Came to Philadelphia. His Grandson is Also Set tov Arrive in the City of Brotherly Love.
Fourty-five years ago, All-Star first baseman Pete Rose landed in Philadelphia from Cincinnati with a $3.24 million contract. The result of Rose joining the Phillies was a World Series Championship in 1980 — the first ever for the oldest, continuously operating franchise not just in baseball history but in American sports history.
The young Rose played Football at a High School in Cincinnati at St. Xavier before switching to baseball as a senior. He is currently enrolled in LaSalle this semester.
In 2007 — LaSalle suspended its football program and in 2021 — the baseball program also followed suit. Other sports were shuttered too as cost cutting measures were put into place over the years.
This April, it was announced that four varsity sports will return for the 2025–2026 academic season including women’s rugby, women’s acrobatics and tumbling, women’s triathlon, and the school will also bring back baseball.
When baseball returns to Olney Avenue in 2025, another Rose will be an infielder for the team when baseball is reinstated. P.J. Rose has made the trek from Cincinnati to Philly some 45 years after his grandfather did it in 1979.
LaSalle — one of Philadelphia’s oldest colleges — was founded during the American Civil War in 1863 by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It has existed over its historic existence in four locations in Philadelphia — St. Michael’s Parish in the Olde Kensington section, in Center City in the building vacated by St. Joseph’s College at 1234 Filbert Street, in 1886 former mansion of Michael Bouvier, and finally to Olney Avenue in 1930.
The promise of the future of LaSalle Athletics has already started. Fall of 2024 will see the opening of John Glaser Arena for LaSalle Athletics.
On Olney Avenue, the ascent has already begun — back to athletic excellence. P.J. Rose plans to be a part of it.
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