Todd,
Are you related to Ray Fosse?
As a somewhat ironic side note, I grew up in the town that Ray Fosse is from (Marion, Il). His mother was a patient of my father and she had Ray sign a bunch of memorabilia to give to me and my brother. Well, you know where Pete served his time...let's just say he wasn't warmly welcomed.
I won't argue that Rose may be conceited and as you put it a "dick", but again, I base my opinion moreso on Pete's accomplishments on the field. I only mentioned the character issue to try to help argue my point (don't think it worked).
Mike