NEW YORK – There's a story about Adam Jones, when he was in his first year of minor league ball. On his way back onto the field from the dugout – he was a shortstop then – Jones put his arm around his manager and exclaimed, "Hey coach, I've got to tell you, I [flipping] love this game."The manager had to play the tough guy, snapping at Jones, "Don't put your arm around me, and don't call me 'coach.' " But he smiled inside at Jones' passion, and the story made the rounds in the Mariners organization, because it shows why Adam Jones is baseball's next big star.
"He's the type of player who, if he keeps his head on straight – and I always hear he's that kind of guy – there's no telling how high the ceiling is for him," Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett told FanHouse.
"It is kind of scary to see how he's put it that much together in that short a time."
