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So, let me get this straight: Jones was offered a minor-league contract with the Yankees that reportedly would have paid him a full million if he made the major-league roster, and with the Yankees he'd have a legitimate shot at time in center field, his usual position, because he'd be competing against the offensively middling Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner, not Texas' Josh Hamilton. But instead Jones signs a contract with the Rangers, who already have three solid outfielders, a star center fielder, and a couple good prospects on the rise, to MAYBE get time in LF or RF (or possibly CF if Hamilton agrees to move to RF) for half what he would have made with the Yanks had he gotten major league time? What a bum. He must really not want to play.

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On the other hand

for a right handed pull hitter like Jones, Yankee Stadium’s Death Valley is not an ideal place to resurrect a career.

Texas has the short fences and warm winds that will give Jones a better chance. Plus, it’s hard to play your best in the spotlight.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Feb 8, 2009 4:13 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I'd go to Texas

and ride out my career on the bench, too.

by BrianByron on Feb 8, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

If he had signed with the Yankees, he would have most likely been

outed for past roid use. In Texas, not so much.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Feb 8, 2009 7:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

he supposedly really wanted

to work with Rudy Jaramillo.. who the hell knows..?

by NumberSeven on Feb 8, 2009 10:26 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I love a good .190 hitter ...

My heart is still breaking over the failure to land the “Big Softy”.
Who cares that he lost his swing and swagger in 2006 after apparently breaking the PED needle in his ass. We simply can’t have enough .190 hitting, big-assed centerfielders on the roster.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Feb 12, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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