"It took Andruw Jones only three innings to make a statement about the player he wants to be for the White Sox.

After fighting off the late-afternoon sun to catch a fly ball in the second inning of the Sox' Cactus League opener Thursday, Jones walked in the third, then stole second against Los Angeles Angels catcher Mike Napoli.

''Is that the same Andruw Jones who played for the Dodgers two years ago?'' one West Coast reporter asked.

Yes. And no.

That Jones was in his first season away from the Atlanta Braves, the team for whom he starred for 11-plus seasons, won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves in center field, hit 368 home runs, drove in 1,117 runs and stole 138 bases.

That Jones went through a painful transition to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008, playing in only 75 games and hitting a paltry .158 with three homers and 14 RBI before having surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee."