Two former MLB pitchers gave the impression to be off their rockers throughout Tremendous Bowl week, however there’s some hypothesis that it might have been a set-up to advertise a rumored celeb boxing match.
Former Braves reliever John Rocker and ex-Met pitcher Patrick Mahomes Sr. – the daddy to NFL famous person Patrick Mahomes – have been recorded getting in a verbal squabble on the streets of New Orleans, with the 2 having to be separated.
Video confirmed Mahomes standing outdoors Willie’s Hen Shack on Bourbon Avenue, only a stone’s throw away from the enduring St. Louis Cathedral.
Rocker walked out of the institution whereas saying one thing in Mahomes’ route after which appeared to increase his hand for a handshake, which Mahomes rebuffed by pushing away the hand.
Mahomes then gestured towards a surprised-looking Rocker and tempers picked up as the 2 males acquired between Rocker and Mahomes because the they continued to shout at one different.
An unidentified particular person repeatedly shouted “Oh s–t” because the scenario escalated and in a second of brevity, one other particular person requested in shock, “Is that f–king Johnny Rocker?”
Mahomes, a member of the Mets in 1999 and 2000, was ultimately pushed away by two males, one in a blue shirt and one in a pink baseball cap.
The Publish’s requests for remark from Mahomes and Rocker weren’t instantly responded to, although each addressed the altercation on social media.
“This f–king loser can’t take a rattling joke. Want I laid him out proper there and ruined his bulls–t weekend much more,” Rocker wrote on X.
Mahomes fired again.
“You actually haven’t modified one bit within the final 25 years. Hold my title out your loud mouth,” Mahomes replied on X, including in a second submit that, “John Rocker is a menace to society.”
Rocker, most remembered for his controversial feedback on gays, minorities and immigrants in a December 1999 Sports activities Illustrated characteristic, saved the backwards and forwards going by additional insulting Mahomes.
“You wouldn’t have had the balls to say that to my face the opposite night time. Lanky ass clown,” Rocker wrote.
He added in a follow-up submit: “F–Ok PATRICK MAHOMES.”
It’s unclear when the incident happened, however it’s believed to have occurred someday throughout Tremendous Bowl 2025 week.
It additionally comes amid a flurry of hypothesis that Mahomes and Rocker can be participating in an upcoming Barstool Sports activities “Tough ‘N’ Rowdy” boxing occasion, which has led to hypothesis that the New Orleans incident was nothing greater than an try to hype up the longer term occasion.
Barstool Sports activities founder Dave Portnoy all however confirmed that the 2 would go toe-to-toe within the ring in an interview printed a couple of days in the past with avenue journalist Adam Glyn.
“I don’t know, that’s why I don’t need the paperwork to get ripped up. I feel it’s,” Portnoy instructed Glyn when requested if a Rocker-Mahomes combat was occurring. “I consider we’ve a signed settlement for Mahomes Sr. to combat John Rocker at Tough N Rowdy.”
Portnoy added: “I feel it’s one hundred pc, however I haven’t seen the signed paperwork but.”
Mahomes had been in NOLA to observe his son and the remainder of the Chiefs try at historical past, however they fell in need of changing into the primary NFL staff to win three straight Tremendous Bowl titles in a 40-22 loss to the Eagles.