A HOLLYWOOD legend\u2019s 16-year-old son has become a highly regarded high school baseball pitcher.<\/p>\n
The dad is one of the most notorious stunt performers of all-time. Can you guess who he is?<\/p>\n
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The then-12-year-old Rocko Akira Clapp seen pitching near the Jimmy Kimmel Live set in 2022 Credit: Getty<\/p>\n
Rocko with sister Arlo, far left, father Johnny Knoxville, and step mother Emily Ting in 2023 Credit: Getty<\/p>\n
The answer is Johnny Knoxville, the daring and charismatic star of the Jackass franchise.<\/p>\n
Knoxville\u2019s son is Rocko Clapp, 16, who has dominated batters this season for Oakwood High School in North Hollywood.<\/p>\n
Clapp has recorded 27 strikeouts along with a jaw-dropping 0.80 ERA in 26 1\/3 innings, according to MaxPreps.<\/p>\n
Clapp\u2019s been utilized as a reliever, the outlet reported last week, as his outings tend to last anywhere from one to three innings.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s helped his team win 20 of 21 games.<\/p>\n
Clapp gets his baseball skills from his father Knoxville, who was once a talented high school pitcher.<\/p>\n
Knoxville has previously revealed that he nearly played college baseball before opting for the Hollywood route.<\/p>\n
Clapp showed his live arm on national television back in 2022.<\/p>\n
Rocko Clapp seen while throwing Credit: Getty<\/p>\n
Knoxville, second to left, alongside his Jackass co-stars Credit: Getty<\/p>\n
He appeared alongside his father for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.<\/p>\n
Clapp struck out Knoxville during a segment they did with Kimmel in an alleyway near the studio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a pretty good arm; he\u2019s got a great arm,\u201d Knoxville said of the then 12-year-old Clapp\u2019s pitching abilities.<\/p>\n
Last month, Clapp pitched at Angel Stadium as part of the Halo Classic high school baseball showcase in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n
He needed just 10 pitches to post a 1-2-3 fifth inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very proud of him and the season he is having,\u201d Knoxville said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of all, how he conducts himself on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A HOLLYWOOD legend\u2019s 16-year-old son has become a highly regarded high school baseball pitcher. The dad is one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3363,321,14862,93,61,60,836],"class_list":["post-434124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-back-to-school","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-kids","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}