Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

After a disappointing draft position out of high school, Heath Jones set to work in college, at California's El Camino College, The Los Angeles Times wrote in March 1989. "The main thing is that I want to go as far as I can with my baseball career," Jones told The Times then. "If I make it to the majors, that's great. But if I see that I can't make it, then it's time to go and make a living." Jones ended up going in that year's draft to the Giants, though he didn't improve his position. And, as it turned out, he could only go as far as two seasons . He toped out at short-season Everett. Jones' career began in 1989, taken by the Giants in the 47th round of the draft out of El Camino. He'd passed on the Padres out of El Segundo High School after they took him in the 38th round of the 1988 draft. Jones' older brothers also played pro . His brother Terry Jones played five seasons and made AA. His other brother Tracy Jones made s...