Shuffling between a pair of adjacent diamonds at Salt River Fields, Adam Jones wore a red jersey top and white pants. After years in black and orange, it looked strange. He admitted later it felt unusual, too.
That was about the only part of Jones’ game that looked out of place on Friday afternoon. His first game action since signing a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks earlier in the week couldn’t have gone much better.
Bouncing between Double-A and Triple-A games, Jones took seven trips to the plate. He singled to center field. He drove a long home run to left-center.