RedHawks: Through the highs and lows, Jones manages to see the beauty in things

 
By Matt Patterson
Published: September 3, 2008

A thunderhead formed over the mountains near Albuquerque as the RedHawks and Isotopes played last month. RedHawks manager Bobby Jones tapped pitcher Michael Ballard on the shoulder and pointed to the sky.

"I said, 'Ballard look at that cloud,' " Jones said. "Some of these guys are so focused on baseball they don't see anything else out there. There's more to it than this."

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