Category: Chipper Jones
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Start spreading the news. Chipper Jones isn't leaving today. He doesn't want to be a part of it. It being New York, N.Y., that is.
The rumors of Chipper Jones signing with the Yankees as a stopgap third baseman/designated hitter were far-fetched to begin with even before Brian Cashman admitted it. ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Bryce Harper lived up to all the hype in his rookie campaign. Harper was named National League Rookie of the Year and helped lead the Nationals to a NL East division title.
The 20-year-old outfielder has been working hard this offseason to avoid a potential sophomore slump and expects the Nationals ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
At age 40, this is the final season in the majors for Braves third baseman Chipper Jones. Unless of course, it isn't. It has been quite a ride for Jones. He has been able to stay relatively healthy this season and the unquestioned leader of the Braves is batting .292 ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
Chipper Jones is having quite the farewell tour this season. The Braves third baseman is retiring at the end of the season and on his bobblehead night last Thursday he clubbed two home runs to help Atlanta defeat San Diego, 6-0. It was his first multi-homer game in more than ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
With Chipper Jones on the shelf with an ankle injury, it gave the Atlanta Braves third basemen time to reflect with friends on Monday just how much the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft meant to him. He calls it the biggest day of his life outside of the birth of ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Chipper Jones has decided it's finally time to announce his retirement. As the third basemen of the Atlanta Braves approaches the age of 40 he is doing all he can to share wisdom with the future of the club. It came to a point where Jones did not want to ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Chipper Jones is giving it another go this season after having knee surgery mid-way through last season to be healthy for September and October. It turned out that the Atlanta Braves had a massive October collapse last season and saw their postseason hopes fade away as the St.Louis Cardinals took ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Chipper Jones left Friday night's game against Philadelphia with his mind made up that he was going to have surgery on his injured knee. He subsequently elected to withdraw from the All-Star game in Phoenix, which in turn paved the way for Scott Rolen to replace him on the National League ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
After Chipper Jones tore his ACL for the second time in his career last season, the thought around baseball was that this was it for one of the game's greatest switch hitters ever. Jones didn't get the message. He wasn't ready to put down his bat and hang up his ...
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
In a frightening on-field accident less than two weeks ago, Atlanta Braves minor league manager Luis Salazar was struck on the left side of his face by a foul ball hit off the bat of Brian McCann. He laid on the ground unconscious for 20 minutes and was airlifted off ...
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