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A guy named Jimmy Rollins was on Jeopardy! Tuesday night



Jimmy Rollins is one of the greatest players in Phillies history. (Christopher Szagola/Icon Sportswire)

This week was supposed to be when pitchers and catchers reported to Clearwater for major league spring training with the Philadelphia Phillies.

But as the owners continue to lock the players out, there’s not much in the way of actual baseball to talk about currently.

Instead, what we have today is a fun note from last night, as a man named Jimmy Rollinsnot to be confused with the greatest shortstop in Phillies history — appeared on Jeopardy!:

Unfortunately for J-Roll, he wasn’t the contestant to beat, as he ultimately came in second place:

To his credit, Rollins received high grades from Twitter user @OneEcleticMom, who bills herself as a “Jeopardy! fashion connoisseur” and apparently is a fan of pink:

Boy, it would be swell if baseball came back soon.

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