Dodgers' Andruw Jones ends homer drought

 
It doesn't matter that his first as a Dodger comes in his former ballpark. Martin gets six innings off behind the plate. > ATLANTA -- That his first home run for the Dodgers came at the ballpark he used to call home was of little importance to Andruw Jones . [link]

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