What do you get your 22-year-old son for Christmas when he already has a couple million bucks in the bank and a townhouse across the country in his college town?
Yankees No. 1 prospect Spencer Jones made it easy on his parents before flying from Nashville to his San Diego roots to spend the holiday with family.
“I got the best present I think any young man can get,” the slugging outfielder told NJ Advance Media the other day. “It was a nice cast iron pan from my parents. I kind of suggested it. I was like, ‘Hey, I don’t know if you guys got me anything for Christmas yet, but I really want a cast iron pan.’”
Jones didn’t want any cast iron. He wanted one of Dad’s Griswolds. They’re the Rolls Royce of skillets and his father has a bunch of them.
Chris Jones, who was on the crew team while working toward his Ivy League degree at Penn, is an interactive marketing developer for Titleist. At home, the father of four boys is the family cook.
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“Growing up at our house, my dad would shoo us out of the kitchen,” Jones said. “He didn’t want us to get in the way of what he was doing. He loves to cook and he’s got this thing where he’s so particular about his cookware. The silverware that we have, you can’t buy it anywhere except if it’s on eBay once every two years. He’s super particular. He has all these cast iron pans, frankly as a collection. I told him, ‘Whatever pan you use the least, I would love it.’”
Jones loves cooking, too. He got the itch from his father, who got it from his mom.
“My Nona would be in the kitchen all day cooking and cooking and cooking,” he said. “Cooking is my hobby. I cook almost every day. It’s fun to hang out in the kitchen.”
Last summer, Jones’ first full season as a pro, he was the chef for his two roommate teammates when they had a night off at home. Still a novice, his meals usually consist of just one or two courses.
“I cooked a lot of…
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