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when he first came to the New York Jets: a negative environment the likes of
which he wasn’t familiar.
The second-year safety told Bleacher Report in a story published Tuesday that the Jets appeared used to losing and some players wanted to do only the bare
minimum. The interview was conducted a few months ago.
“I’m very passionate,” Adams said Tuesday when asked about his comments. “Coming in, I was wide-eyed. I just wanted to come in and work hard and make an
impact. The things that came out, I didn’t feel very strong as far as me saying
that.”
Adams said he has no regrets about the comments, which made for some buzz on a hot, steamy day at training camp.
“Everybody was used to losing,” Adams said in the Bleacher Report story. “You can always tell that vibe. I came in, and it was like everybody wanted to do the
bare minimum. They didn’t want to go above and beyond. They didn’t want to take
that extra step.”
Adams, the Jets’ first-round pick out of LSU last year
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teammates. He also acknowledged that he was speaking about players who are no
longer with the team, but did not identify them.
Despite being in the NFL for just one year, Adams is already considered a leader on the Jets because of his work ethic and willingness to lead by
example.
“I do things a little different as far as how passionate I am when I’m on the field,” he said Tuesday. “In this world, period, not everybody works as hard as
someone else. Those things are left unsaid and we’re moving forward.”
Coach Todd Bowles said he spoke to Adams twice about the player’s comments — on Tuesday and a few weeks ago.
“Jamal is a very young player, and he’s a very smart player, and he speaks from his heart,” Bowles said. “We talked about it. He didn’t mean a lot of the
things that came out wrong.”
Teammate Leonard Williams said Adams’ comments were “a little bold
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although Williams was not critical of him.
“I don’t blame Jamal at all for what he said,” Williams said. “He probably just didn’t word it in the best way. He’s a young guy. He has a lot to learn on
and off the field. This is part of the off-the-field stuff he has to learn.”
Adams wouldn’t directly address the comments, but insisted that the culture of the team is much better now than it was a year ago — and that his teammates
are “gelling.”
“I never want to bash any of my teammates, that’s not what I’m here for,” Adams said. “Those guys know that. Again, it’s never going to be about me. It’s
always going to be about this team and what we can do to build this culture up
each and every day.”
Jonathan Lucroy flied out in his first chance at getting the winning hit. The next time up, he didn’t miss.
Lucroy hit an RBI single off the center-field wall with the bases loaded in the 11th inning and the Athletics capped their comeback Sunday with a 6-5 win
over the Los Angeles Angels.
”They stacked the left side up, so you don’t want to roll into a double play right there,” Lucroy said. ”I was trying to stay inside the ball and hit it
somewhere up the middle or the other way.”
The A’s rallied for two runs in the ninth to tie it at 5
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runners on first and second.
Jed Lowrie led off the 11th with a single and Jake Jewell (0-1) hit Khris Davis with a pitch. After Matt Olson flied out, Eduardo Paredes replaced Jewell
and walked Mark Canha to load the bases.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia brought left fielder Justin Upton in for a five-man infield but it didn’t matter. Lucroy hit a deep drive to win it.
”We had a couple guys coming out of the bullpen just brought too many walks with them and hit batters,” Scioscia said. ”We put too many guys on base from
the ninth inning on and those guys got it done.”
Canha hit an early two-run homer, and added a tying single with two outs in the ninth. Marcus Semien homered to begin the Oakland ninth.
Blake Treinen (4-1) got the win.
Angels slugger Albert Pujols hit his 625th career home run
It was another blown save for Scioscia’s bullpen, the 15th by the Angels this season.
Blake Parker gave up two runs in the ninth. He also had a blown save Wednesday in Seattle. Canha’s tying single came off Cam Bedrosian.
”We made them work early on and they picked us up every single time,” Angels starter Andrew Heaney said. ”They may be struggling now and some guys are having
their issues and that’s part of baseball.”
Chris Young homered and Mike Trout reached base five times for the Angels.
Pujols’ drive off Daniel Mengden was his fourth this month and 11th overall this season. It also moved the Angels’ 38-year-old slugger within five home runs
of tying Ken Griffey Jr. for sixth place all time.
Pujols also had an RBI single in the third.
Trout had homered in four of his previous six games. He had singles in the fifth and ninth, walked twice and was hit by a pitch.
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Heaney allowed Canha’s home run in the second and a sacrifice fly to Olson in the seventh. Beyond that, the left-hander was stellar with eight strikeouts in
eight innings. ”One mistake to Canha that was a changeup down the heart of the
plate,” Scioscia said. ”Outside of that he was dotting that outside
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Mengden has issued 10 walks in his three June starts. He had only eight in his first 12 starts.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: 3B Matt Chapman (right thumb contusion) added throwing to his regimen, one day before his scheduled visit with a hand specialist in Los
Angeles. Chapman’s biggest hurdle remains swinging a bat. … LHP Brett Anderson
(strained left shoulder) is headed for Arizona to pitch in extended spring
training.
UP NEXT
Angels: RHP Jaime Barria (5-2, 2.61 ERA) faces the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a two-game series Monday in Anaheim. Barria’s ERA is the lowest
among all rookies with at least 40 innings this season.
Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn (1-1, 11.05 ERA) starts against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday to begin Oakland’s 10-game road
trip.
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