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can anybody say roids?

Jones is like Gagne: unless he goes back to taking steroids, he's done. Coletti's making me long for Depodesta.

Just give him some juice...

Get used to it, Dodgers fans......until Andruw starts listening to the hitting coach, his avg will hover at (or below) the Mendoza line. Go Braves!

did I mention that I hate working on Saturdays? :-)

ATLFan15 - I thought I was the only one....Now I feel better....I agree with what you said about him listening to his hitting coach...He puts too much weight on his back leg, causing him to drop his right shoulder through his swing...He has had this problem his whole career, but for some reason the past couple of years, his form has looked worse than a little-leaguer...

The Braves really know when to hold 'em and fold 'em.

Wow. Jones with the Dodgers may actually be worse than Edmonds with the Padres.

What's wrong with Andruw? What's wrong with the management that is paying him over 18 million for the next two years? Geez, right now baseball bites, real bad. I have seen the future and it does not work.

He puts too much weight on his back leg, causing him to drop his right shoulder through his swing...He has had this problem his whole career, but for some reason the past couple of years, his form has looked worse than a little-leaguer... --- #1astrosfan

Say what? You want the weight to shift to the back leg before launch, Charlie Lau!

I think his issue is he's too much of a free swinger, he EXPANDS the strike zone all the time by swinging at bad pitches. A lot of Latinos would do well to work deeper into the counts. It's great to be aggressive because many times you'll get the sweetest fastball on the first pitch but I wonder how much Jones studies film to learn tendencies of various pitchers.

It is easy to strike Andruw out because he always chases the same pitch with two srikes: low and away - it doesn't matter how far out of the strike zone it is. He WILL swing at it....and miss. Seen it for too many years here in Atlanta. Trust me 18 mill/year was a bad deal for the Dodgers.

hes never been a high average hitter to begin with. now hes older and FATTER and much slower and can't hide behind athletic ability anymore. the braves didn't win 14 straight titles by accident, they know when to let people go. dodger fans should be grateful they were only dumb enough to give him two years

rhymeister...wow, nice racism. try this: the latino players tend to be better than us white guys. get over yourself.

It's hard not to think of steroids in Andrew Jones' case. He's been bad and fat for 2 years now - ever since they started seriously testing for steroids.

Wow. Jones with the Dodgers may actually be worse than Edmonds with the Padres.

EastCoastKeith
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Nah...Jones can still play some great center field. Edmonds, OTOH...sigh...what a disastrous signing.

If ya put a uniform on me, I wouldn't look much different than Jones

rhymeister...wow, nice racism. try this: the latino players tend to be better than us white guys. get over yourself.

nairbnl | 04/12/08, 01:47 PM

It's not racism. They typically are noticed by the scouts in latin america based on their power. They know that's where the big contracts are, so that's where they put their focus as opposed to contact.

When someone says something about a race, it's not always racism.

Dodgers man,,, why do you sign these has-beens? Did any of the players that your team has picked up ever produced? Go out and sign guys like Vlad Guerrero or Alex Rodriguez. Don't sign guys that other teams, like Atlanta, didn't even offer a chance to re-sign with there own team.

Go back to the farm and send up players that can play. Oh, and Juan Pierre needs to go back to the Marlins while you're at it.

Good point Bard.

Jones is kinda fat. And he expands the strike zone by swinging at bad pitches.

Just think, LA fans. You've now got two centerfielders locked up for a while that no other team will take off your hands.