In 1983, when Eduardo Perez was 13, he spent so much time at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium with his major league father, Tony Perez, that he even was in the Phillies' dugout during games. That helped shape his future big league career, especially the day he was flicking sunflower seeds in the dugout and accidentally hit Pete Rose with one.
Rose, naturally, was not pleased. "What the f--- are you doing?!'' he snapped at Perez.
"I was stunned,'' Perez recalled. "It was my first year in the dugout and Pete told me, 'If you're going to sit here during the game, you have to watch every pitch and let me know what it was.