Spencer Jones got one question right on the first try all year, and it had nothing to do with recognizing a slider.
The Yankees outfielder announced his engagement to Ava O’Connor on Oct. 31 with a proposal on top of the Empire State Building, followed by a victory lap around the city. He is 25, he is 6-foot-7, and he picked a building that has been photobombing engagement pics since 1931.
The caption did not hold back. “I feel like the luckiest man on Earth to propose to the most beautiful, intelligent, and sweetest woman I’ve ever met,” Jones wrote. “You’ve elevated my life in so many ways & I can’t wait to take your hand in marriage.”
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He kept going: “You are the brightest light in a city of endless opportunities. I truly believe the world is ours when I am with you. There is nothing we cannot do when we are together. You are so easy to love. The Joneses coming soon!”
The skyline does not ask about exit velocity. The 2026 season did, constantly, and the answers were not always pretty.
Jones hit .245 with a .313 on-base percentage, 11 homers, 40 RBIs and 10 steals in 86 games for the New York Yankees, and he struck out 105 times in 288 plat...