Adam Jones takes the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ for ALS research, calls on Obama, Boehner and Showalter to join

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Adam Jones connects for a hit in the third inning.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones listens to Kuadifi Harris, 7, who holds a list of things he'd like to get for the holidays during a shopping spree for two families at a Target shopping center.
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Adam Jones hits a two-run homer off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead over the Yankees.
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Adam Jones and Chris Dickerson celebrate after the Orioles defeat the Yankees, 4-2.
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Adam Jones greets local RBI League players before hosting a screening of the Jackie Robinson movie "42" at Landmark Harbor East Cinema.
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Adam Jones drives in a run with a ground out.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones hits a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Camden Yards.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox.
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Adam Jones is forced out at second by Rays shortstop Yunel Escobar, but he breaks up a possible double play in the fifth inning.
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Adam Jones hits a solo home run.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones prepares to flip his helmet after striking out in Game 1 of the doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones returns to a dugout full of high-fives after his 33rd home run of the season.
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Adam Jones rounds the bases after third base coach Bobby Dickerson after hitting his 19th home run of the season against the Blue Jays.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, pictured, can't catch a triple by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jose Tabata in Game 1 of the doubleheader at Camden Yards.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones hits a two-run home run in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones clutches his WWE championship belt during the Home Run Derby.
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Adam Jones slams his bat after striking out in the ninth inning of Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The loss ended the Orioles' chances at making the playoffs.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, left, celebrates with pinch-runner David Lough after Lough scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the club's 5-4 win in 12 innings over the Chicago White Sox at Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones follows through on a home run off Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore.
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Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis, right, receives congratulations from center fielder Adam Jones after hitting a home run in the first game of the doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Camden Yards.
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Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, right, and designated hitter Adam Jones shake hands before the game against the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones takes the field during pregame introductions.
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Adam Jones doubles at the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field.
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Washington's Gio Gonzalez waits at first base for Adam Jones, who grounded out.
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Center fielder Adam Jones can't come up with this ball off the bat of Jesus Montero, which went for a triple in the second inning.
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Adam Jones is congratulated by Matt Wieters after a third-inning solo homer.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones reaches the bag safely as a ball thrown by Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Juan Francisco is missed by first baseman Edwin Encarnacion.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones (10) hits a single in the fifth inning against the Detroit Tigers.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones bunts for a base hit in the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
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Nate McLouth, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis celebrate the Orioles' 10-3 win over the A's.
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Adam Jones cools himself with water during team workouts.
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Peter Angelos talks with Adam Jones in the clubhouse after the Orioles beat the Yankees in Game 2 of the 2012 ALDS.
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Adam Jones makes an over-the-shoulder catch in center field.
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Adam Jones leaps in vain for Robinson Cano's ninth-inning homer.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones is congratulated by Dustin Pedroia after scoring a run during the fifth inning of the 2013 All-Star Game on a grounder hit by J.J. Hardy.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones chases down a double hit by the Astros' Brandon Barnes.
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Adam Jones connects on a pitch during batting practice.
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Adam Jones with Johnny Damon, Kennard Jones and Quintin Berry while on vacation.
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Adam Jones and Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake make a public service announcement as they join Share Our Strength and the Baltimore Partnership to End Childhood Hunger to help raise awareness about the Baltimore City Super Summer campaign.
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Adam Jones with childhood friend Quintin Berry, who now plays for the Detroit Tigers.
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Jonathan Workmeister, 6, of Baltimore, right, talks with Orioles center fielder Adam Jones after getting a baseball signed during the FanFest at Baltimore Convention Center.
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Center fielder Adam Jones' 2009 Gold Glove was the first won by an Orioles player since Mike Mussina in 1999. He won three more awards in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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Missy is already something of a star; Jones talks about her all the time on social media.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones signs autographs at FanFest.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones hits a slow roller for an RBI single in the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, left, is forced out at second base by Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia in the fourth inning.
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Adam Jones talks with his cousin Adrian Limbrick (center) and older brother Anson Wright (left) before batting practice in 2009.
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Orioles Adam Jones is congratulated by teammate Manny Machado in the fifth inning.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones catches fly balls during spring training Thursday in Sarasota, Fla.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, right, runs over to David Lough after the left fielder robbed the Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera in the sixth inning at Camden Yards.
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Brian Roberts (left) and Adam Jones celebrate after scoring on Melvin Mora's double off Astros closer Jose Valverde in the eighth inning.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, right, hits left fielder Nelson Cruz with a pie in the face after the Opening Day win over the Boston Red Sox.
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Treated to a shopping spree by Adam Jones, Maurice Malloy shakes hands with the center fielder as his family arrives to shop at a local Target.
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Orioles' Chris Davis celebrates with Adam Jones after Davis's two-run home run off starting pitcher R.A. Dickey in the fourth inning.
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Adam Jones goes after a ball while Nick Markakis approaches the scene in the fourth inning against the Blue Jays.
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In addition to wearing a No. 42 jersey to honor Jackie Robinson, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones also had a No. 42 on his cleats during the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones has a laugh with his cousin Adrian Limbrick before a game in 2009.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones stands by as Kuadifi Harris, 7, looks through the toy aisle during a shopping spree for two families at a Target shopping center.
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Adam Jones tries out a bat that belonged to Babe Ruth as Buzz Getschel of Smyth Jewelers, left, and Michael Gibbons, executive director of the Babe Ruth Museum, right, look on.
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Adam Jones makes a leaping catch of a ball off the bat of Jed Lowrie.
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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, right, talks baseball with Samie Anderson, who celebrated his 105th birthday with a trip to Camden Yards.
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Adam Jones tries to bunt for a hit in the second inning.

PUBLISHED: August 12, 2014 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: June 7, 2019 at 11:29 a.m.

Orioles outfielder Adam Jones sure doesn’t aim low.

He took part in the “Ice Bucket Challenge” to raise money for research into ALS, the debilitating and fatal disease that is often called Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

You’ve probably seen friends posting videos of it on social media sites. Someone who takes the challenge calls on you to participate, then you dump ice water on your head and call others to do the same.

If you are called and do not dump water on your head, you are supposed to donate to ALS research. And most people who do go through with the challenge donate as well.

Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith tapped Jones to participate in the challenge, along with fellow Ravens Jacoby Jones and Justin Tucker.

Jones posted a video to Instagram this week showing himself being doused in water.

And when he called on others to join him, he wasn’t shy.

His picks: Orioles manager Buck Showalter, Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Barack Obama.

No word yet on whether any of them have accepted.

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