Toronto Softball, Ontario Baseball
In 1948, Rosen switched to softball, playing for the Daltons in the Toronto Ki-Y (Kiwanis-YMCA) senior league and then joining the Levys in the Beaches Fastball League, winning the league championship in 1949. Gooden started the 1950 season playing for the world champion Tip Top Tailors team in the Beaches league but then returned to baseball as player-manager of the Galt Terriers of the Intercounty Baseball League. He was named manager of the Ontario all-star team that played the Maple Leafs in an exhibition game in August. Rosen returned to softball and the Beaches league in 1951, playing for Peoples Credit Jewellers, and then retired.
After he retired he owned and ran the Dunsway Restaurant in Toronto at Bloor and Dundas street. He was also a business executive and was still popular in baseball circles, as he was answering about 2,000 pieces of fan mail annually in his later years. He died in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital on April 6, 1994, at age 81.
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