Things Can’t Get Much Worse for Rose, Who Gets a Ticket on Pete Rose Way

CINCINNATI — How bad are things going for the Cincinnati Reds?

Their manager got a parking ticket Tuesday--on the downtown street that’s named for him.

Manager Pete Rose, under fire for the club’s poor play and a lineup card mistake made Monday night, decided to stop for lunch on his way to Riverfront Stadium Tuesday afternoon.

“I stopped today to get a salad on Pete Rose Way, and I got a ticket,” Rose said.

Rose said the police officer recognized him, but didn’t back off writing a $29 ticket, even when Rose offered him four tickets to a game Tuesday night against San Diego.

“He said, ‘Are you trying to bribe me?’ I said, yep,” Rose said. “He said it’s not going to work. I said, ‘I’ll give you the four tickets for being a nice guy.’

“He said, ‘OK, thanks, here’s the (parking) ticket.”

There was one consolation for Rose.

“He didn’t ask me if I wanted him to sign the lineup card,” Rose said.