Reds Sign Jacque Jones

As soon as Shannon Stewart finds work, we'll have one more year of the Soul Patrol.

Good luck, Jacque. Here's hoping for a late-career revival.

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Definitely my favorite of the Soul Patrol. I remember watching the Twins play the White Sox in the Dome from a bar in San Francisco. Santana was pitching for the Twins, and I think the score ended up 1-0, but I remember somewhere in the middle innings, Jones steps up and just turns on an inside pitch and bam, it was over the right field baggie, just like that. He didn’t always do that, but when he did it was awesome.

My favorite Jaque Jones memory though was when I was at the Oakland Coliseum about seven rows behind the Twins dugout. Jones caught the third out and I stood up and yelled “Yeah Jonsie!” as he was heading back in. He looked at me – I was probably the only Twins fan in the section – did a pump fake then threw the ball about three feet over my head. A guy behind me caught it and gave it to his 7 year old kid, but he did pat me on the shoulder during the next inning and say, “I think that guy was throwing it at you.” Well, yeah. He was.

"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella

by natetheskate on Feb 5, 2009 8:47 PM EST reply actions

Jacque

was one of the heroes (along with Johan, of course) of what was my favorite game of the ultimately disappointing 2005 season: this game, which I’m sure most people here remember.

by DK on Feb 5, 2009 9:24 PM EST reply actions

I was there

Sitting in Section 113, right by the milk jug. One of the best regular season games I’ve seen.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Feb 5, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions

weird to see those names

Abernathy, L-Rod, Michael Ryan, Lew Ford, Matt Lecroy

wow! it wasnt that many years ago either!

by BCTwins on Feb 5, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions

August 23, 2005

That was probably the game I watched from that bar in SF. Was Jones’ homerun above the right field baggie? C-Math, you were in a position to know.

"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella

by natetheskate on Feb 6, 2009 2:33 AM EST up reply actions

Yes

Freddy Garcia and Johan had been locked in a fantastic pitchers’ duel. Garcia hung a slider. Boom. Over the baggie. Jacque had hit maybe three sliders all year, but this one hung above the knees and, as Bert likes to say,“he did not miss it.”

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Feb 6, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions

I thought it might have been the 8th inning

but I thought maybe that was just my memory making it seem more awesome than it was. The game only lasted 2:08 so it probably felt like the middle innings.

I watched that game with a good friend who just happens to be a White Sox fan. All he could tell me after that game was, “Whatever, we’re gonna win 100 games.” They may have won the World Series but they came up one game short of 100 that season. Thanks, Jacque.

"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella

by natetheskate on Feb 6, 2009 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

Here it is:

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w_id=444996&w=2005/open/topplays/archive08/082305_chamin_jones_hr_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2005/08/23/chamlb-minmlb-1&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp350&v=2

by JopeX37 on Feb 7, 2009 1:23 AM EST up reply actions