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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Here's a strange stat. Adam Jones has four bases loaded walks and just one grand slam. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OriolesTalk?src=hash">#OriolesTalk</a></p>? Rich Dubroff (@RichDubroffCSN) <a href="
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It's called a small sample.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Here's a strange stat. Adam Jones has four bases loaded walks and just one grand slam. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OriolesTalk?src=hash">#OriolesTalk</a></p>? Rich Dubroff (@RichDubroffCSN) <a href="
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I was actually at Jones' one grand slam.

It was at Yankee Stadium, in 2008.

The Orioles had already knocked Mike Mussina out of the box.

Adam's granny made the score 10-0, Orioles.

Jeremy Guthrie and company coasted to an easy, 13-4 victory.

And believe it or not .......... I was surrounded by Oriole fans at Yankee Stadium. )  :eek:

Just by coincidence, a bunch of them were sitting all around me (behind me, and beside me.  ))) :grouphug:

 

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It's called a small sample.

Also, of all hitters, I'm sure the last thing you want to do with Adam Jones at bat with bases loaded is throw one down the pipes. Book on Adam is probably that you will take your chances throwing it in the dirt. That's actually a testament to Adam because he will crush anything over the plate.

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