Sidney Ponson
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"Sidney Alton Ponson" is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6'1" tall and weighed 260 pounds. He threw right-handed. When he made his major league debut for the Orioles in , he became the to play in the major leagues. He also had a fastball that tops out at 95 mph. After the season, he was decorated with an Order of Orange-Nassau, in the grade Knight, along with fellow former Orioles Eugene Kingsale and Calvin Maduro.

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I'm going to find somebody, I told Tony when we had a meeting. It's an ongoing battle and it's not easy, but you have to want it to do it, and I want to do it.

After that, I'm done with them.

After my last problem, I sought help and didn't wait for anybody to push me. I just did it on my own. Since the last time I had trouble, I've been clean.

I'm in a different situation here. Look at the guys already here. Over there, everybody looked at me. It was hard to try to talk to young guys who didn't want to listen to you.

I am going to get some help and get my life straightened out.

This is a second chance for me, and I'm going to take full advantage of it.

They told Barry straight up they wanted to sit down and talk to him. It's understandable with all the problems I've had in the past. No one is going to open the door right away. They had the concern. I think they still have the concern about the other stuff. I have to do my part to be trusted again. I'm going to work hard and be ready to pitch when they give me the ball.

I went to rehab for health reasons. I'm happy. I'm the same guy as back in the day, but I stopped drinking. I still go out with friends and have fun. But instead of drinking beer I'm drinking water.