Andruw Jones' final at-bats before he retired came in a Netherlands uniform. It wasn't the plan -- the 10-time Gold Glove Award winner and five-time MLB All-Star had spent the 2013 and '14 seasons in Japan with the Rakuten Golden Eagles before joining the Kingdom for the 2015 Premier12. Playing primarily first base for that tournament, Jones was hoping a strong performance could find him a place to play back in the States.

While that didn't happen, Jones has no regrets. Playing for the Netherlands -- which he did in the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classic tournaments -- was always something special.

"You're playing for your country, you're playing with [people who came from where you're from]," Jones told MLB.com before he took the field at the Durham Home Run Derby X event on Saturda

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