Of course the zaftig outfielder who forgot how to hit after the Dodgers made him their highest-paid player ever still has $22 million coming to him. Actually, Jones forgot how to hit before the Dodgers signed him — .207 with 2 home runs the final month of 2007 — but you know how baseball people like to believe it won't happen to them. "He let it be known that he could not come back and play" for the Dodgers, general manager Ned Colletti told Dylan Hernandez of the Times.

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