"How does that country song about old fogies reclaiming former greatness go?

Oh yeah, "I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was."

That could've been Andruw Jones' theme song yesterday. The older-than-his-age-implies 34-year-old has been an afterthought this season, but yesterday he went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs and a run scored in the Yankees' 7-5 victory over the A's on another sweltering afternoon in The Bronx.

Jones, batting .218, is not nearly as good as he once was as a perennial 30-homer, 100-RBI guy for the Braves. But he got a rare start in left field in place of Brett Gardner because Oakland started left-hander Gio Gonzalez, and Jones made the most of it.

"I know when I'm gonna play and I know when I'm in the lineup, so I just have to be prepared," Jones said.

Jones looked more like his five-time All-Star former self than he has most of the season."