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Tigers' JaCoby Jones puts injury frustration behind him, ready to get back to work

Detroit — He was standing at the back of the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, watching his teammates play ping-pong. He was flipping a football with his right hand, his left still bearing the cast from the fractured wrist that ended his season Aug. 9.

The last time JaCoby Jones was in the clubhouse, he wore a pained expression and walked briskly past a group of reporters, not ready to express his frustration about the abrupt ending to what had been the most promising season of his young career.

“I was pissed off,” Jones said. “I was aggravated because I wanted to play.