Dodgers' Max Muncy looks stunned as ex-NFL quarterback Rodney Peete snags foul ball from the stands

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You ne'er cognize what you are going to spot erstwhile you ticker a ballgame.

During the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-3 triumph implicit the Chicago Cubs successful the Tokyo Dome connected Wednesday, ex-NFL backmost Rodney Peete recovered himself successful the mediate of the action. 

Cubs’ outfielder Ian Happ was batting during the sixth inning, and the Dodgers were up 6-3 astatine the time. 

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Max Muncy successful  action

Los Angeles Dodgers 3rd baseman Max Muncy dives for a foul shot deed by Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs successful the sixth inning of the Tokyo Series connected March 19, 2025. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Happ deed a precocious pop-up that drifted from foul territory into the stands. Dodgers’ 3rd baseman Max Muncy reached implicit the netting to effort and get the out.

However, Peete, who happened to beryllium sitting successful the stands, reached retired with his mitt and snared the ball. Muncy held his mitt up and checked it earlier realizing helium didn’t person the shot and shook his caput successful frustration. 

After Peete caught the foul ball, helium pulled his mitt manus down his backmost and casually looked astatine Muncy. 

"Muncy had nary chance!" Peete posted to X with a crying laughing emoji. 

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Max Muncy celebrates

Los Angeles Dodgers 3rd baseman Max Muncy (13) reacts aft hitting a treble against the Chicago Cubs successful the 2nd inning during the Tokyo Series connected March 19, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

In a abstracted station connected X, Peete said helium was successful Japan due to the fact that helium is simply a Dodgers instrumentality and his lad is simply a clubhouse attendant for the Dodgers. 

The 15-year NFL seasoned said that due to the fact that the netting is not precocious down the foul lines, gloves and helmets are provided for fans. 

Peete gave Happ an other beingness with his drawback successful the stands, but Happ ended up striking retired anyway. 

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Eagles backmost Rodney Peete successful enactment against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Veterans Stadium successful Philadelphia connected Oct. 26, 1997. (Lou Capozzola-USA TODAY NETWORK)

Peete was a two-sport prima astatine USC arsenic a backmost and an infielder. Peete was selected successful the MLB draught 4 times (1984, 1988, 1989, 1990) but chose football.

Peete, 59, played for six teams successful the NFL implicit his 15-year career: the Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, then-Washington Redskins and then-Oakland Raiders.

The Dodgers and Cubs played 2 games successful Japan successful the Tokyo Series to footwear disconnected the 2025 MLB season. The Dodgers won some games to statesman their World Series rubric defense.

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