Orioles manager Buck Showalter had veteran outfielder Adam Jones in the lineup Sunday for the third straight game and fifth time in six since he sat for the entire series in Tampa Bay last weekend, and spoke as if that time on the bench never happened when explaining the plan with Jones going forward.
“Where Adam is concerned, I and the organization have always wanted to play him,” Showalter said ahead of Sunday’s game. “And not just out of respect for what he’s done here, but because of the presentation it makes.