By Adeniyi Precious 
Former Detroit Lions quarterback Rodney Peete had a highlight moment at the Los Angeles Dodgers game—except this time, it wasn’t on the football field. Instead, he stole the show by making a slick grab on a foul ball, preventing Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy from making the play.
The moment, caught on camera and shared by Fox Sports MLB, quickly went viral, racking up over 340,000 views. Fans were impressed with Peete’s quick reflexes, and the clip sparked plenty of reactions online.
The Dodgers, fresh off their 2024 World Series win, took down the Chicago Cubs 6-3 in the Tokyo Series, kicking off the 2025 MLB season in style. The two-game series, held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, gave fans an early taste of playoff-like intensity. Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer even described the atmosphere as having “the butterflies you want” and a postseason-like energy.
Peete, who played for the Lions from 1989 to 1993, was a sixth-round pick in the 1989 NFL Draft. He wrapped up his career in 2004 with the Carolina Panthers, finishing with over 16,000 passing yards, 76 touchdowns, and 92 interceptions.
Meanwhile, baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani also made headlines in the series, blasting his first homer of the 2025 season—a rocket off Cubs reliever Nate Pearson’s 99.1 mph fastball.
Not a bad way to start the season, for both the Dodgers and Peete!