Sep
02
Sad Sam, the cemetery man
Samuel ‘Sad Sam’ Pond Jones (1892-1966) reached the pinnacle of his major league pitching career on September 4, 1923 when he threw a no-hit, no-run game against the Philadelphia Athletics to lead the New York Yankees to their first World Series title. “That slow ball of his simply floats up there and you swing your [...]
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