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Dodgers' Andruw Jones gives first base a try - Los Angeles Times

Projo Sox Blog found this 8/25/2008 on latimes.com

The Dodgers invested $36 million in Jones as a center fielder. Yet the club management and training staff approved his request, deciding the risk of injury at an unfamiliar position did not warrant holding him out of the lineup. "That's what we obviously balanced," General Manager Ned Colletti said Sunday. "His knee wasn't feeling as good as he wanted, but he didn't want to sit out another ...