OK, we concede: There are too many good reasons not to sign Andruw Jones

1. He'd want $400,000 for one year; yeeesh! we can't afford that kind of money!

2. He can't field, didn't even win the CF Golden Glove last year, for the first time since 1998.

3. At 31, he's way too old.

4. The bum required knee surgery last May 25, the same day he attempted batting practice and quit because of the pain, and then he let the bad knee ruin his entire season.

5. He had the audacity to question the LA fans' willingness to embrace Manny Ramirez, considering what Manny did to Boston.

6. He lives way too hard and fast a lifestyle with his wife and two children up in Duluth.

7. It's not our style to take a flier on a slugger a year or two after his stardom. Those other guys --Nick Swisher, Morgan Ensberg, Richie Sexson, Josh Phelps, Craig Wilson, Angel Berroa -- they're different.

8. We're rock solid set in CF with Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner. And even, God forbid, if something happened to them, we still have Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui!

9. If we signed Jones, we'd have to drop a hot young prospect, such as Juan Miranda, from our 40-man roster.

10. We would we bother to get into such a deep commitment, such as the MLB minimum?

Final bonus reason: IT WOULD KEEP US FROM GETTING MIKE CAMERON.