Pat Mahomes Sr. and fellow ex-MLB pitcher John Rocker got into a confrontation on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street that was captured on video.
In the clip, the red hoodie-wearing Mahomes, father of the Super Bowl-losing Chiefs quarterback, is seen talking with two men. The burly Rocker approaches seemingly in good will. But hostilities erupt and the two are separated from each other.
Mahomes threw a high hard one at Rocker in an exchange on X, formerly Twitter, afterward.
“You really haven’t changed one bit in the last 25 years. Keep my name out your loud mouth,” the elder Mahomes wrote.
“You wouldn’t have had the balls to say that to my face the other night. Lanky ass clown,” Rocker replied.
Mahomes may have been set off by a series of Rocker insults aimed at his son over the last few weeks.
Someoutlets noted that Mahomes, 54, and Rocker, 50, are possibly signed on to fight each other in a Rough ‘N’ Rowdy boxing match. So says Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy, whose company operates the event. The former players might have been hyping the bout and/or genuinely dislike each other.
Rocker attempted to get in the last word on Wednesday, writing: “The senate just confirmed Tulsi Gabbard and people are begging me to knock out Patrick Mahomes Sr. Life is good.”
Shortly before the last Super Bowl, which his son won, Mahomes was arrested for at least the third time for alleged drunken driving, creating an off-field distraction. (He later pleaded guilty.) The elder Mahomes won 42 games for the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets and others in his baseball career.
Rocker recorded 88 saves primarily with the Atlanta Braves but is perhaps best remembered for bigoted remarks. In 1999 he targeted passengers of a subway that travels to the New York Mets’ stadium:
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″Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you’re riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”
Both their MLB careers ended in 2003.