Longtime Hallmark star Holly Robinson Peete has always said her husband was quite a catch. On March 18, 2025, Rodney Peete proved her right and the former NFL player is going viral for it.
While in Tokyo for Peete’s birthday, the couple attended an LA Dodgers game against the Chicago Cubs, excited to cheer on their favorite team overseas. So excited that during the sixth inning, Rodney couldn’t help but join the action — catching a foul ball that third baseman Max Muncy was trying to nab.
Sharing a funny Instagram video of the moment, Robinson Peete wrote that the ball was “coming straight for my head!!!!” Peete, who spent 16 seasons in the NFL and was drafted four times by MLB teams per MLB.com, laughingly told LA sports station AM570 that the “crazy” moment happened because he was “protecting my wife.”
Holly Robinson Peete Jokes She & Rodney Peete Might Be ‘Banned for Life’ From Dodgers Games
After the game, Robinson Peete shared several social media posts, including someone’s TikTok video of the play-by-play announcers describing the scene as Muncy dove toward the stands for the foul ball, only to have Peete catch it with his own glove. The cameras captured him looking sheepishly at Muncy and hiding his baseball mitt behind his back, as Muncy rolled his eyes.
“What had happened wassss those foul balls were coming at us left and right in that section,” Robinson Peete captioned the post. “Head on a swivel That’s why they gave us helmets and gloves just in case!! That thing was coming straight for my head!!! My former QB (thrice mlb drafted 3rd baseman) might be retired but what he’s not gonna do is let me get hit Sorry Max! 😅💙 The CYE music took me OUT 😂🤣😂 #tokyoseries #DodgersWin”
Sports fans watching the game quickly recognized Peete as the fan who snatched the ball. The moment immediately went viral, with fans cracking up over the expressions on Muncy and Peete’s faces, and debating whether Peete interfered with Muncy getting an out.
When Kelly Ripa wrote, “Omg 😂😂😂,” Robinson Peete replied, “Girl we gonna be banned for life from Dodger games 😂😅😱🙈”
Robinson Peete’s “Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing” co-star Colin Lawrence wrote, “Golden Glove😎. Nice catch/save😉”
Tweets were flying among fans all day, debating whether Peete kept Muncy from getting the out. But according to Yahoo Sports, the former quarterback’s catch didn’t qualify as fan interference.
Rodney Peete Says He Was Only Thinking About ‘Protecting’ Wife Holly Robinson Peete in ‘Crazy’ Moment
Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesRobinson Peete’s family often attends LA Dodgers games and they sit near the dugout, where their son RJ Peete, who has autism, has been a clubhouse attendant for the Dodgers since 2016. The couple was seated along the third base line at the Tokyo Dome when Peete caught the foul ball everyone’s buzzing about.
On a post of the moment shared by USC, where Peete went to school and played baseball, Robinson Peete wrote, “Those foul balls were no joke in our section 😮so bad that they provided gloves AND helmets(no he did not bring a glove to the Tokyo Dome 😆) – that ball was coming right at me 😱😱😂😂sorry Max don’t ban us from games”
“I was thinking of protecting my wife Holly,” Peete told AM570. “That’s all I was thinking about, and didn’t really take a peek at Max coming in and how close he was. We were sitting in the second row, but it started curving back, man. Only thing I could think about was, ‘Okay, I can’t let that ball hit her or me in the head, so let me try to reach out and catch it.”
Laughing, Peete continued, “And then I saw his face! Once I caught it, I saw his face and I was like, ‘Aw, man!’ He was not happy. I mean, he looked at me like I was Bartman from back in the day with the Cubs. Or the cat that tried to break Mookie’s arm in New York. I mean, he looked at me like he wanted blood. But it was actually pretty funny.”
“I had a good time in the stands with the crowd around me,” Peete added. “It was funny.”
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Holly Robinson Peete’s Husband Rodney Peete Goes Viral for ‘Protecting My Wife’ at MLB Game