"Any proper highlight montage of Andruw Jones's career would begin with video from the opening game of the 1996 World Series and go on to show a dizzying assortment of gravity-defying catches and majestic home runs. Jones, for all of it, would be wearing an Atlanta Braves uniform. His last game with the Braves was in 2007. For the sake of accuracy, Jones has since played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox, adjusting every season to the industry's changing perception of him. A prodigy at 19, a star at 25 and a backup at 31.

"People still think that I'm 19, that I'm going to do the same things that I did back then," the 33-year-old Jones said. "People think you're going to be the same guy for 14 years, and that just doesn't happen.""