September 24, 2008
Goodbye Mr. Jones
Todd Jones retires from baseball:
In Detroit, Jones has been known as a "roller coaster" closer because of his penchant for turning ninth innings into nail-biters for manager Jim Leyland and Tigers fans. In his eight seasons of writing for Sporting News, Jones has been even more reliable, never missing a deadline and putting a waiting editor on a "roller coaster" only a couple of times.
Jones, 40, has spent much of the second half of the 2008 season on the disabled list with a sore shoulder. He told Sporting News he had been pitching with a frayed labrum for some time, but he managed to stay off of the disabled list until July 31. It was just his third trip to the D.L. in his career, the first for an arm injury since 1996.
Jones lasted a long time, having his ups and downs but coming out overall better than most. His best season came in 2005 with the Marlins. He kept his walks down, and only allowed two home runs in 73 innings. 5.5 per 200 innings. For his career, his HR per 200 is 17.4. I wish him continued success writing for SportingNews.com.
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