Jacque Jones
Jacque Jones
Jacque Dewayne Jonesis a former Major League Baseball outfielder and current assistant hitting coach with the Washington Nationals under his former manager Dusty Baker...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 April 1975
change decides enjoyed size unless until
We were all concerned. A man's going to be a man, a woman's going to be a woman. You can't change what they're going to do unless they want to change. He enjoyed life, enjoyed the size he was. ... You can't do anything about it until he decides to change. Hopefully, this will be a wakeup call.
beat blow dealt guys stop teams trying
Other teams aren't going to stop trying to beat us because these guys aren't playing. We got to try to soften some of the blow we have been dealt right now.
kidding
I thought he was kidding when he told me he was going to do it. It was surprising.
bounce hang team
That's the team I remember. You bounce back like that and don't hang your head.
battles exciting fighting solved
While it's exciting to be a present-day Thurgood Marshall, it is also disappointing that we are still fighting the same battles that should've been solved years ago.
ball couple dirt miss
Yeah, the whole at-bat I wanted him to get the ball up. He got a couple down in the dirt and I went after them. Then he got one up and I didn't miss it.
concerned
You know what, I don't even concentrate on it. We won. That's all I'm concerned about.
baseball learn whatever
You learn that that's just kind of the way it is. That's part of baseball. It's a part of any sport, actually. You just have to go out and play and whatever happens, happens.
enjoyed size
We were all concerned. We would tell him. But he enjoyed life. He enjoyed the size he was. That's who he was.
blocking came draw passionate thick thin
Where I came from, they were passionate about baseball. We probably didn't draw as many (fans), but through thick and thin it was like 'Let's go. We can do it. We can do it. We know you can do it.' This is something I have to get used to and I'm blocking it out as much as I can. It is what it is.
reason
He's a big part of the reason I play this game.
bring feed guys
I bring a lot of energy. Hopefully, the other guys can feed off my energy.
call change decides pull until
You can't do anything about it until he decides to change. Hopefully, he'll pull through this, and it'll be like a call for him to change some things in his life.
ability couple enjoying few fun game last minor proven talked
We talked about it, we made a few minor changes. I've proven I can do it, I have the ability. The last couple years it hasn't happened. I don't think I'm on the downside, I don't think I'm sliding. I can still play the game. It's just relaxing, having fun again, enjoying the game again.