After Baseball
He appeared as himself in a 1999 episode of Everybody Loves Raymond along with several other members of the 1969 Mets. The rap duo High And Mighty mention Jones in their song entitled B-Boy Document '99. The group has shown a tendency to rap about New York sports figures, and are said to be particularly fond of the 1969 Mets.
Men in Black 3 features a scene that re-enacts a few moments of the 1969 World Series, which mentions Mr Jones, and depicts his catching of the fly ball off the bat of Dave Johnson that ended the Fall Classic.
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