(2) CLEON JONES INDEX CARD SIGNED 1969 WS CHAMPS NEW YORK METS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED

Description: (2) CLEON JONES INDEX CARD SIGNED 1969 WS CHAMPS NEW YORK METS PSA/DNA CERTIFIEDCleon Joseph Jones (born August 4, 1942 in Plateau AL] is a former LF. Jones played most of his career for the METS and in 1969 caught the final out of the WORLD SERIES Championship over the ORIOLESJones was batting .341 with ten home runs and 56 RBIs in the first half of 1969 earning the starting left field job for the ALL STAR GAME. He went two for four with two runs scored in the NL's 9–3 victory. He hit a home run in the first game after the break, and emerged as the hitting star of the surprising Mets, with a team-leading batting average well above .330. The Amazin's found themselves in second place, five games back of the CUBS in the newly aligned NL EAST when the HOUSTON ASTROS came to SHEA for a July 30 DOUBLE HEADERJuly 30, 1969After losing the first game 16–3, the Mets were down 7–0 in the third inning of the second game when J EDWARDS hit a DOUBLE to Jones in left field to make the score 8–0. Mets manager HODGES emerged from the dugout, walked past NOLAN RYAN on the mound, and walked all the way out to left field. A few minutes later, Hodges walked back to the dugout, with Jones a few paces behind him, and replaced Jones in left with SWOBODA. Newspapers at the time said Jones suffered a leg injury and he was not in the Mets lineup for several games after July 30. Later accounts say that Jones was removed for failure to hustle, and Hodges decided to do so publicly to show that he would not tolerate lack of effort on his team, even from its star player.On August 22, 2009, following pre-game ceremonies honoring the 40th anniversary of the "Miracle Mets", Jones discussed the incident. Jones said Hodges asked him why he did not look good going after a fly ball on the previous play. According to Jones, he pointed down to the water-filled turf. Hodges then said that something must be wrong with Jones's ankle and pulled him for that reason. Jones explained that Hodges was his favorite manager, and that he would never publicly embarrass a player. According to Jones, neither party ever revealed the contents of the conversation. Jones believes that the fear instilled in other players by the incident was the turning point in the season.The Mets won 39 of their last 50 games, and finished the 1969 season with 100 wins against 62 LOSS, eight games over the second place CUBS. Jones ended the season with a .340 batting average, which was third in the league behind ROSE AND CLEMENTE and was second on the team in home runs, RBIs and runs scored, behind Tommie Agee in all three categories.Jones batted a stellar .429 in the Mets' three game sweep of the Atlanta Braves in the 1969 NL CHAMP SERIES. In game two of the series, Jones went three for five with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs in the Mets' 11–6 victory.The Mets were heavy UNDERDOGS but took a 3–1 series lead. The Orioles were ahead 3–0 in Game five when Jones led off the sixth inning. D MCNALLY struck Jones in the foot with a pitch, however, IT WAS ruled that the ball missed Jones. Gil Hodges emerged from the dugout to argue, and showed DiMuro the shoe-polish smudged ball. DiMuro reversed his call, and awarded Jones first base. The following batter, CLENDENON, hit a two-run home run to pull the Mets within a run of Baltimore.Following an WEIS solo home run in the seventh to tie the game, Jones led off the eighth inning with a double off the wall that missed being a homerun by about 2 ft (0.61 m), and scored on Ron Swoboda's double two batters later. With the Mets leading 5–3 in the ninth inning, Orioles DAVEY JOHNSON hit a 2-1 fastball which Jones caught near the warning track to win the World Series.

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