Former MLB player sells boat to legendary rock band's guitarist
A former Philadelphia Phillies star recently sold his boat to the guitarist for an iconic grunge band.
Jimmy Rollins, the National League MVP in 2007, won a Mastercraft X24 speedboat by draining a hole-in-one in July at the American Century Championship in Nevada.
But Rollins, who lives in California, didn’t have much use for the boat, which is valued at $325,000.
Mastercraft, the boat’s manufacturer, found out Rollins was selling the boat, and connected them with Pearl Jam’s singer Eddie Vedder, who was helping guitarist Mike McCready find a boat.
“I sold it to him with no hours and no water on it,” Rollins told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “But I’m sure that has changed already.”
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Rollins last played in the majors in 2016 and now serves as an analyst for TBS.
“They told me and I was like, ‘That’s a pretty damn cool story,’” Rollins said.
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