Andruw Jones News

The image above is one that many Brave fans remember like the back of their hand.

Andruw Jones had two shots at matching one of baseball's most famous records. Jones homered in his first three at-bats of Texas' 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

Manny Ramirez drove in three runs as the Dodgers beat the New York Mets 8-0 on Tuesday, but the LA slugger was ejected in the fifth inning for an incident involving the home plate umpire.

Juan Pierre has gone back to the Dodgers bench with the return of Manny Ramirez on Friday from his 50-game exile for violating baseball's drug policy.

They're only opinions, but at least they're all mine: One thing you know about Joe Saunders: He'll never sign a free-agent contract to pitch for the Rangers.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen compared his frustration with Alexei Ramirez to a situation he witnessed in 1998 with Atlanta manager Bobby Cox and young star center fielder Andruw Jones .

Like many people after Manny Ramirez was suspended for a violation of the Major League Baseball substance abuse policy, I thought the Dodgers were going to go downhill in historic fashion.That obviously didn't happen... by Thomas Crisman 65 reads Stats Like many people after Manny Ramirez was suspended for a violation of the Major League Baseball ...

St. Louis 12, at Kansas City 5 : Albert Pujols hit two home runs and had six runs batted in, giving him three home runs and 10 RBIs in the Cardinals' three-game sweep.

Zito didn't allow a hit until Andruw Jones ' two-run homer with none out in the seventh, a line drive that stayed just fair inside the left-field foul pole.

How much does Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen hate playing in the Cubs' Wrigley Field? The Associated Press says the outspoken pilot swears he sees rats bigger than pigs in the batting cage and gets sick every time he visits the ancient park on Chicago's North Side.

That hole in the middle of the Texas lineup is getting harder to ignore, no matter how much the AL West-leading Rangers insist they can win without injured slugger Josh Hamilton .

Chad Billingsley earned his National League-best ninth victory, retiring 16 of 17 batters after an early error put the Dodgers behind, and Casey Blake drove in four runs for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over AL West-leading Texas on Sunday.

Reporting from Arlington, Texas -- The dates on third baseman Casey Blake's and catcher Brad Ausmus' birth certificates were supposed to work against them today.

The team that paid Andruw Jones simply to go away is likely to face the five-time All-Star tonight, but he said he will approach his anticipated start against the Los Angeles Dodgers like any other.

Andruw Jones was asked after batting practice on Thursday if it meant anything to him that the Los Angeles Dodgers were coming to town on Friday night.

The Texas Rangers placed Josh Hamilton on the 15 Day DL with an abdominal strain yesterday.

No matter how long Josh Hamilton will be out - a couple of weeks or until the Cowboys occupy the other end of the Parking Lot in Arlington - he should officially become a right fielder when he returns.

C Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles: Oh-fer in his major league debut. OF Luke Scott, Baltimore Orioles: A 3-3 night with two HRs hitting in front of Wieters.

In the first game, former Dodger Andruw Jones hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth to send the Rangers to victory.

Q: What is the coolest thing about being the closer? A: People know who I am. Hearing the fans go nuts at the beginning and end of the last inning.