Bart Giamatti standing inside Wrigley Field in Chicago(WNYC)

Paul Giamatti is an Oscar-nominated actor, best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor , Sideways and Barney's Version.

But, in this edition of Reading Baseball, much to his surprise, Pete Peterson recently learned Giamatti’s father is the former commissioner of baseball who banished Pete Rose from the game.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.