Cleon Jones of the ’69 World Series Champion Miracle Mets joins Cousin Sal to discuss his new book Coming Home: My Amazin’ Life with the New York Mets. Cleon starts the show talking about catching the final out of the ’69 World Series and giving the ball to Jerry Koosman.

Cleon discusses his 1969 batting title race between himself, Pete Rose, and Roberto Clemente as well as the toughest pitchers he faced including Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. Sal and Cleon discuss that magical season that involved a black cat at Shea Stadium, a shoe polish incident, and why he missed the World Series parade in New York.

Cleon tells Sal about meeting Jackie Robinson, his thoughts on today’s game, and the work he is doing in his hometown as well as the rich baseball history of Mobile, Alabama.

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