Most World Series stories start on a big-league diamond. This one starts on a neighborhood field in Arcadia. Griffin Jax, the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher who started Game 4 of the World Series with his team facing elimination, once wore an Arcadia Little League uniform, according to the league.
That makes him one of Phoenix’s own. Jax was born here in 1994, while his father, Garth Jax, was a linebacker for the Phoenix and Arizona Cardinals. The Rays’ run ended this week when the Milwaukee Brewers won the first World Series title in franchise history in five games. Still, the one game Tampa Bay won belonged in part to an Arcadia alum.
A Cardinals Kid…