By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor
This past Sunday, former Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins competed for charity on the fourth season of ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud." Rollins played alongside fellow baseball and softball All-Stars for Team MLB, which opposed iconic NBA analysts from Inside the NBA on TNT, including Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny "The Jet" Smith and Ernie Johnson, as well as NBA Inside Stuff host, Kristen Ledlow.
Rollins' teammates included fellow retired big leaguers John Franco, Sean Casey, Johnny Damon, and 2004 Olympics softball gold medalist, Jennie Finch. Finch and Damon also both recently competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars: Athletes.
The @MLB All-Stars! John Franco, @JennieFinch, Sean Casey, @JohnnyDamon, and Jimmy Rollins! Play ball! ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/wJKLpACk9s
— Celeb Family Feud (@FamilyFeudABC) June 18, 2018
Just like during his 17-year career, the Phillies all-time hits leader proved to be an effective teammate on the Steve Harvey-hosted show. During the opening question — " If you live to be 100, what do you think you will be doing on Saturday night? — Rollins successfully stole 77 points after the opposing team reached three strikes with his answer, "playing board games with the homies."
Rollins later successfully responded to a fill-in-the-blank question, "we talked with 100 married woman: I like when my man gives me a big __," with his 9-point answer, "massage." The 2007 National League MVP's failed "a great cook" response to the fill-in-the-blank question, "my ideal wife would have to be both hot and __," delivered Team MLB two strikes on the second-to-last question before "Fast Money."
The full, 42-minute episode can be seen on www.abc.go.com.
Team NBA ended up defeating Team MLB, 479 points to 248, after reaching the sudden death round. Barkley and O'Neal were successful in Fast Money. Rollins last played for the Chicago White Sox in 2016, but has since appeared as a regular season and postseason analyst for MLB on TBS.