Update: Orioles Adam Jones Tweets about being detained at Canadian border
By5/28 16:57: According to The Baltimore Sun, this is what Jones had to say about his detention in Canada:
Here is what he said:
“Basically, what happened was they had the wrong person. They thought I was somebody else. It all got situated, but it took its time to get situated.”
Jones originally expressed his frustration on his Twitter account. One of the tweets was later removed.
“It’s frustrating for me, I shouldn’t have put it out how I put it out. It’s just frustrating. Now we can all just get on with it. There’s more stories, I guess, people want to stay something, but everything’s taken care of on my end.”
Were you detained or just subjected to further screening?
“We went to immigration so I would consider that detained. Everything is cool. They said I had a criminal record. My mom raised me better than that. I have never been involved with anything criminal in my entire life. It was a long, pointless situation to me because of the circumstances. But I’m glad that got cleared and that won’t be a problem anymore coming into this country.”
Did they think you were NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones?
“I don’t know if it’s him. We got the same name obviously, but I’m not going to say I was mistaken for him when I don’t know.”
More about his original “tweet,” in which he sarcastically said he appreciated “someone from the team making sure we’re OK, NOOOOTTTT.”
“It doesn’t matter what I put on my Twitter page. It’s just something that never should have happened. Obviously, putting it on my Twitter page, it’s gaining pointless exposure. I’ve learned my lesson.”
He said that smiling.
He also added: “I’m not going to say who was there with me. I wasn’t the only person there.”
5/28 10:31: Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles was detained at the Canadian immigration officials last night and while being held, he had time to tweet about his adventures:
“detained by immigration in canada for no false accusations till 5am and appreciate someone from the team making sure were ok NOOOOOOTTTTT”
“I wish I could say what I want on here. That would be BRACKIN”
“last 10 hours have been a blast…yaaaaay. time to sleep off the bull”
His Twitter account has since been protected. I’m wondering if it has something to do with MLB’s crackdown on Tweeting.
The tweets are a little inconclusive, so I agree with David Brown of Yahoo Sports that we won’t know what exactly went on until an Orioles beat reporter gets the skinny for us.
Brown adds that Jones did not fly with the team to Canada, so I’m wondering if Jones did this because he had a prior conviction. Recently, MLB players have been warned that they could be detained at the Canadian border if they have prior criminal records.


