Andruw Jones is excited to be part of the New York Yankees’ roster
Andruw Jones will be greatly remembered for his role as the 19-year-old rookie in the 1996 World Series. The player featured for the Atlanta Braves on the right field position and made the most of his opportunity as he smashed two homers in the first game
of the World Series. The score that night read, 12 – 1 and the club went on to offer their rivals, the New York Yankees, a tough series down the road.
Joe Girardi, now the Yankees’ manager had a memorable series that year and he was the catcher to rejoice the 1996 Series clinch with his club as walked over to Charlie Hayes to celebrate the accomplishment. With Jones and Girardi being up against each other
on the forefront, the two now will be working together in the Yankees’ unit.
Jones became the youngest ever player to smash his home runs in the World Series. Now he’s part of the Yankees’ unit that is looking to employ him as a 4th outfielder in the squad. The player is more than excited about his new role and he plans
on proving his merit to the squad.
"When I was driving here, I was thinking, 'Wow, the manager is the catcher that I played against,'" Jones said. "That kind of made me feel really old. It's been a long time - I have good memories of it. I wish we could have won it."
Jones will be part of a high profile squad. His salary for the year will be $2 million and he can avail $1.2 million in incentives down the road.
"We've got a great team," Jones said. "The motivation is high over here, always. All they want to do over here is try to win, and that's all I want to do."
"I look at him as a guy that obviously has a lot of skill," Girardi said. "He hit a lot of home runs in the (328) at-bats that he had last year and was pretty productive."
Girardi will look to employ the player in his position in the outfield during a good number of games. He will provide cover for Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson.
He can also he hit will as his 19 home runs can prove in 2010.
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