Adam Jones’s Bond With Baltimore Means More Than A Ring

JAMES WAGNER, New York Times: Baseball
Wed, 08/15/2018 - 5:44pm

Jones vetoed a trade to a contending team so he could spend the rest of the season with the Orioles in a city he has grown to love and defend.

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