“You Really Haven’t Changed”: Patrick Mahomes’ Dad and John Rocker Exchange Words on X After Clash in New Orleans

Super Bowl LIX Week in New Orleans was not a fun one for the Mahomes family. The Philadelphia Eagles whipped Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday with Kansas City’s three-peat on the line.

Before that disappointing loss, Mahomes’ father, Pat Mahomes Sr., was involved in an altercation with former Major League Baseball pitcher John Rocker.

Rocker, a six-year MLB veteran (1998-03) spent four years with the Atlanta Braves. Mahomes Sr., an 11-year big leaguer (1992-2003), played for the New York Mets in 1999 and 2000. The Braves and Mets share one of MLB’s most intense rivalries, one that Rocker stoked in a 1999 Sports Illustrated feature where he controversially commented on New York’s gay, minority and immigrant populations.

Whether those comments are the basis for the Mahomes-Rocker beef is uncertain. What’s undebatable, though, is that they do not like one another at all. The two picked up their Super Bowl Week scrap on Twitter/X. Rocker said Mahomes “can’t take a joke”, leading Mahomes to tell him he should “keep my name out your loud mouth.”

Rocker retorted with three more posts on their meeting, including one where he said “F*** PATRICK MAHOMES.” Mahomes claimed Rocker is a “menace to society.”

There’s speculation that Mahomes and Rocker were simply trying to hype up a potential fight at Barstool Sports’ Rough ‘N’ Rowdy. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy said he “[believes] we have a signed agreement” between the two on Friday afternoon.

If the move was a publicity stunt, it accomplished its purpose. However, that doesn’t mean Mahomes and Rocker have no animosity for one another. And that underlying disdain could lead to a compelling fight down the line.