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Dodgers' Andruw Jones gives first base a try

 

Published 8/25/2008 at L.A. Times - Baseball News

Normally a center fielder, he plays first base for triple-A Las Vegas to give sore right knee a break. Dodgers Manager Joe Torre doesn't rule out possibility that Jones might play first in the majors. > PHILADELPHIA -- Andruw Jones had played 1,835 games in the major leagues and another 324 games in the minor leagues without ever playing first base. (link)

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