BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was honored earlier than Friday evening’s recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays, hours after he signed a ceremonial contract and retired with the franchise with which he spent the majority of his profession.

Jones jogged in from middle discipline together with his two sons at his facet to a loud ovation. After a video montage that includes tributes from a number of former teammates, Jones threw an honorary first pitch to ex-Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis.

“When I first got here, the mission was to play as many games as I could as hard as I could as long as I could,” Jones stated. “I was able to fulfill that. That was the easiest thing to do, was to play. The hardest thing to do was to manage the other stuff. The easiest thing to do was to show up here every day and to put on the uniform.”

Jones performed 11 of his 14 seasons within the majors with Baltimore, incomes 5 All-Star appearances, 4 Gold Gloves and one Silver Slugger award.

He was a key a part of playoff groups in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Since the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954, Jones ranks fourth amongst Orioles in hits (1,781), fifth in homers (263), RBIs (866) and runs (875), eighth in video games performed (1,613) and tenth in stolen bases (90).

Jones was drafted by Seattle in 2003 and performed elements of the 2006 and 2007 seasons with the Mariners. He was dealt in early 2008 to Baltimore as a part of the return for pitcher Erik Bedard. With the Orioles dedicated to a rebuild, he signed with Arizona in 2019 earlier than enjoying two seasons with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan.

Jones, who now has a task with MLB’s baseball operations division, stated it was necessary to formally shut out his enjoying profession in Baltimore.

“It is my second home,” Jones stated. “I just wanted to show my kids this, also, because the last thing they really see me as being (as a player is) a ramen-eating Japanese player. And now they get to see this and see how their lives have been shaped based on rocking the black and orange.”

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