Post-playing Career: Coaching and Catering
After retiring from Major League Baseball, Jones has coached young pitchers. His most prominent pupil was Barry Zito, a current Major League pitcher with the San Francisco Giants and the 2002 Cy Young Award winner while with the Oakland Athletics. He also is the owner of Randy Jones All American Grill, Randy Jones Big Stone Lodge, the home of his catering business Randy Jones Buckboard Catering. The Big Stone Lodge also sells a barbecue sauce that bears Jones' name. Jones also is involved in the San Diego Padres local radio broadcast pregame and postgame show.
In 1996, Jones was also inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.
Jones can be heard live, every Tuesday at 1:00-2:00 (PST) on wsRadio.com. "Randy Jones on Baseball" covers everything baseball from his Hall of Fame/Legendary guests, to the latest news and an inside look at the Major League Season.
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