Former Philadelphia Eagles QB Rodney Peete Breaks a Major Rule as a Baseball Fan

As a baseball fan there’s a handful of “golden rules” that should be followed when viewing a game. Here are some examples: 

• NEVER return to your seat during an at-bat. Wait until the at-bat is done and then proceed to your seat.
• Never keep score with a pen. Always use a pencil. Using an electronic device such as a phone is also highly frowned upon even in the digital age.
• Watch the language when kids are around. Look, we all want to tell a New York Mets fan to “fuck off” but we should do so when young ears aren’t around (maybe).  Quickly apologize if you curse near a kid.
• If you’re an adult, catch the foul ball, show it off, and immediately find a kid to give it to. That will 1000% make you a social media hero/heroine!
• Don’t interfere with the ball in play. This means giving way to a player when they’re attempting to make a play along the railing.

Back to that last one for a minute. Apparently, not everyone knows this golden rule, including former professional athletes. Case in point, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Rodney Peete. The former Birds’ signal caller is making waves for his absolutely horrific decision to interfere with a ball in play during the Chicago Cubs–Los Angeles Dodgers regular season MLB World Tour game in Tokyo. 

Rodney Peete casually making the catch in front of Max Muncy 🤣 pic.twitter.com/16sGFvMqNT

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 19, 2025

It was a nice catch! The best part of the sequence is Peete’s attitude after making the nonchalant grab over LA’s Max Muncy. 

So, why was Peete in the front row in Tokyo of all places? His son, RJ Peete, is a clubhouse attendant with the ballclub.

Peete, who spent 1995-1998 with the Birds, is most famous (in Philadelphia) for his 270-yard, three touchdown performance in the Eagles 58-37 shellacking of the Detroit Lions in the 1995 NFC Wild Card round at Veterans Stadium. Perhaps that game’s most famous play came in the closing moments of the first half when Peete connected with Rob Carpenter on a 43-yard (it seemed much further from a frigid section 247!) Hail Mary as time expired in the first half to extend the lead to 38-7.

The 1995 campaign would be the high point of Peete’s time in Philly. He played in 15 games and with 13 starts after then head coach Ray Rhodes benched incumbent starter Randall Cunningham. Peete would throw for 2,326 yards and eight touchdowns for the 1995-1996 Birds. He would never play more than five games during his remaining three seasons in Philadelphia. He was traded to Washington before the 1999 season and proceeded to bounce around the League until his retirement after the 2004 season.