Braves no longer Chipper's team

Yeah. Hmm. Weird story. It'll be Heywards team soon enough, anyways.

McCann the logical sucessor at this point. Five years in big with 4 all-star appearences; including clutch MVP. He has had several game winning hits and leads the charges on combacks.

You mean it's not Hank Aaron's team any longer? When did that happen?

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Originally posted 08:12 AM ET  08.31 by Why So Serious?

Before we proclaim him as the new "face of the franchise" lets see him produce like Chipper has then we can annoint him as the new leader

agree wholeheartedly...Chipper's a HOF player, he's all we could ask for in a franchise player, McCann will have some big shoes to fill...

idiotic article. McCann may be the new face in waiting but this is still Chipper's team until he hangs them up.

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  08.31 by Lochpox

McCann the logical sucessor at this point. Five years in big with 4 all-star appearences; including clutch MVP. He has had several game winning hits and leads the charges on combacks.

this year makes FIVE all star selections for McCann, along with his clutch hit in the AS game and MVP award.

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is Larry a HOF player? I don't know..borderline if you ask me. YOu let him in then there's a bunch of others from years past that should be considered...I guess letting in guys like Jim Rice and Andre Dawson open the door for Larry. he appears to be one of the few clean players of this roid era.

he's third behind Mantle and Eddie Murray for most HRs by a switch-hitter...AND, he's the only switch-hitter in MLB history to have a career BA over .300 with 400+ HRs. i think he is HoF material for those reasons. his history of injuries should settle the roids question but it never does.

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Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  08.31 by ATLfan7

he's third behind Mantle and Eddie Murray for most HRs by a switch-hitter...AND, he's the only switch-hitter in MLB history to have a career BA over .300 with 400+ HRs. i think he is HoF material for those reasons. his history of injuries should settle the roids question but it never does.

Injuries can be a sign of use, not of non-use.

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is Larry a HOF player? I don't know..borderline if you ask me. YOu let him in then there's a bunch of others from years past that should be considered...I guess letting in guys like Jim Rice and Andre Dawson open the door for Larry. he appears to be one of the few clean players of this roid era.

I'd say he's a HOF'er.

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  08.31 by Lochpox

McCann the logical sucessor at this point. Five years in big with 4 all-star appearences; including clutch MVP. He has had several game winning hits and leads the charges on combacks.

What took so long for Brian McCann (one of the Baby Braves) to grow up and start being a leader? Five years in the makings and McCann finally has started putting up the exspected numbers he should have five years ago.

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Originally posted 10:40 AM ET  08.31 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

Injuries can be a sign of use, not of non-use.

would you say the same thing about Ken Griffey Jr? while what you say may have a ring of truth to it, i think Chipper's problem has always been his off-season conditioning program (or the lack thereof).

He might just get into the hall. Then again so could Bobby Cox.

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is Larry a HOF player? I don't know..borderline if you ask me. YOu let him in then there's a bunch of others from years past that should be considered...I guess letting in guys like Jim Rice and Andre Dawson open the door for Larry. he appears to be one of the few clean players of this roid era.

Chipper borderline? Wow Dums. He should be first-ballot.

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i could actually care less if a guy is a switch hitter...I don't know....its impressive, but not something that I would parse out when assessing career stats and making HOF assessments.what I don't get about switch hitters is that most of them are better from one side of the plate...what would their stats be if they just hit from that side and focused just on that side...I would bet that in many cases the stats would be better overall

Chipper's lifetime average is over .300 from both sides of the plate. More career walks than strikeouts too.

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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  08.31 by Hot Corner Player

What took so long for Brian McCann (one of the Baby Braves) to grow up and start being a leader? Five years in the makings and McCann finally has started putting up the exspected numbers he should have five years ago.

Umm, 5 years ago McCann hit .333 with 24 bombs and 93 RBI. He has driven in over 85 in each full season (70 so far this year) and made the All Star team every year. I think you are thinking of someone else's "expected numbers".

Jones is a career .306 hitter from the left and a career .306 hitter from the right, so your argument about him being better from one or the other side is foolish, switch hitters get attention because of what a value they are to their teams in late game situations, and for the headaches they cause for opposing pitchers and managers. Any baseball person will tell you that switch-hitting is invaluable.

The guy is a career .306 hitter from the left AND the right sides of the plate. Any baseball person will tell you that that's astounding. Consistency like that is unreal. And if you don't understand the value of switch-hitters in baseball, go get yourself on the badminton message boards.

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is Larry a HOF player? I don't know..borderline if you ask me. YOu let him in then there's a bunch of others from years past that should be considered...I guess letting in guys like Jim Rice and Andre Dawson open the door for Larry. he appears to be one of the few clean players of this roid era.

436 HRs (so far) as a 3rd baseman is behind only Schmidt and Eddie Mathews. Lifetime .306 hitter with an MVP and a batting title in his resume (plus two silver sluggers). Eight straight seasons over 100 rbis too.