Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones talks about a bag of peanuts thrown at him by a fan and racial slurs shouted at him by a fan or fans during the game against Boston Red Sox. (Jon Meoli, Baltimore Sun video)
This year, he dispatched his usual array of purple roses to his mom, Andrea Bradley, and left a special gift for his wife, Audie, who has given him two sons over the past three years. The love will have to arrive by phone, because he'll spend the day playing the Royals in Kansas City before flying off to Detroit for the final stop on the Orioles road trip.