About Sidney Ponson
Sidney Alton Ponson is an Aruban former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 260 lb (120 kg). He threw right-handed with a fastball that clocked out at 95 mph. When he made his major league debut for the Baltimore Orioles in 1998, he became the third player from Aruba to play in the major leagues. In 2003, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau, along with fellow Aruban former Baltimore Orioles players Eugene Kingsale and Calvin Maduro. He rebounded for a strong second half, going 8–3 to finish with an 11–15 record and a 5.30 ERA. However, he started off disastrously; his record was 3–12 by the All-Star Break. The Yankees won his first game, lost the second game, and he was subsequently sent to the bullpen when the Yankees acquired Cory Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies.
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