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Square up and catch it with 2 hands, stop trying to act cool out there.
It is that hot dog attitude that gets him in trouble. Paul Blair, he ain't.

It really does seem like that. It's amazing how he can seem so humble and yet so incredibly arrogant with his fielding at the same time. I love how he gets around in the community and hung out at Ravens game with fans- but man- stop believing the hype. I truly can't believe this **** just happened again after what happened vs Minnesota.

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I agree it was a terrible play but you shouldn't call him a 'lazy pile of s***'. If there is one thing Jonesy is, 'lazy' isn't it. Please get off your key board and stop calling professional athletes 'lazy piles of s***'. Just foolish.

He lazily ran back, didnt square himself up, and tried to catch it with 1 hand while blowing a bubble.

It was lazy hot dog BS. No other way to describe it.

Pos was too strong and I apologize for that though.

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Oh, are we all going to jump on Jones for blowing bubbles again? I love the three times a year we do this. :rolleyestf:

Maybe he should not blow bubbles when he makes key errors then? He can say he doesn't know he does it, but it looks ridiculous. Not sure I've ever seen an outfielder drop more balls that hit their gloves than Adam Jones. This one was huge. I'm sure Buck will make excuses for him during the post game show though.

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Oh, are we all going to jump on Jones for blowing bubbles again? I love the three times a year we do this. :rolleyestf:

Yeah it's dumb. It has nothing to do with it. To me it looked like he took his last few steps and approach to the ball for granted. You can just never do that. I don't care how long you play in MLB, watch it into your damn glove every single time.

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I think there's something to it now. I want him to stop chewing gum, I think there's a case to be made for blowing a bubble distracting his reflexes and vision slightly enough to cause him to make errors like that.
Do you want MJ to quit sticking out his tongue when he throws down totally sick jams? Seriously the bubbles aren't the issue. The blame is on him but it doesn't have anything to do with bubble gum. Tired of seeing people flip their crap over this.
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I would say yeah. But I guess this just his style. We have to take the good with the bad. The bad being stupid tweets. The good being a nice start.

Do the bubbles help him make all of his other catches? Because he does it regardless. And if the bubbles cause him to mess up, then they must cause him to not screw up as well.

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