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I consider Jones to be the goat of this game

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Adam Jones tried his best to be the goat of this game once again but his pitching staff and JJ Hardy bailed him out.

Thome, Reynolds and Wieters have been horrific also but Jones carries a greater burden due to his role as the teams supposed best player.

Swinging at pitches in the dirt, showing no patience, not even hitting the ball hard, failing miserably with runners in scoring position - Adam Jones has been absolutely pathetic offensively and is actually getting worse with each passing game.

He has decent speed, why not try to bunt once just for a change. Why not take 2 pitches no matter what for a couple at bats, what can it hurt? He is hitting just as poorly now by swinging at the first pitch as taking a couple.

Adam Jones gets ANOTHER chance in Game 5 to step up and produce. As the team leader and highest paid player he is overdue. Instead of always saying the right things he needs to start executing.

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Progress? The last two ABs he made outs, but he got ahead in the count both times and put the balls in play (one of which was actually hit hard). Maybe he will actually get a hit in Game 5. Gotta do something to shake things up. I would go McClouth-Hardy-Wieters-Machado-Davis-Jones. Davis and Jones just killed us by not getting any runs in the 1st (1st and 2nd, none out) or 3rd (2nd and 3rd, 1 out).

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Progress? The last two ABs he made outs, but he got ahead in the count both times and put the balls in play (one of which was actually hit hard). Maybe he will actually get a hit in Game 5. Gotta do something to shake things up. I would go McClouth-Hardy-Wieters-Machado-Davis-Jones. Davis and Jones just killed us by not getting any runs in the 1st (1st and 2nd, none out) or 3rd (2nd and 3rd, 1 out).

I would bat whoever plays 2B second tomorrow (today) and move Hardy down as well. As far as I'm concerned the baseball gods just gave us a wakeup call. It's on us to answer the phone. Machado batting fourth in game five against the Yankees isn't going to happen, but I could see him batting sixth in front of Jones. No problem with that.

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