Chipper Jones takes swing at critics

You go Chipper! That's the reason you have been and always will be my favorite basesall player!!

You are the Braves Chipper. And you are also one of my favorite players. I have always been a Braves fan. I am 70 years old, so I have been for the team a long time.

"If they think I'm doing this for the money, they obviously haven't seen my bank account,"

Career to date (may be incomplete) $141,552,133

Chipper Jones takes swing at critics

No worries, he whiffed.

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  02.28 by Rex Racer

Chipper Jones takes swing at criticsNo worries, he whiffed.

Must be school vacation down south. Two first posts in a row.

There are only a very few players who I actually admired and Chipper Jones is one of them. I am a Yankee fan but above that a baseball fan. Chipper was Jeter before Jeter. I hope he plays for another five years. HOF first ballot.

Money is a ball players motivation?? Well now that can't be.

YOU GO CHIPPER!!!! CHIPPER JONES IS A GREAT PLAYER AND PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE HIM ALONE. HE LOVES BASEBALL MORE THAN ANYBODY I CAN THINK OF.
WE LOVE YOU CHIPPER JONES FROM "ALABAMA!"

YOU GO CHIPPER!!!! CHIPPER JONES IS A GREAT PLAYER AND PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE HIM ALONE. HE LOVES BASEBALL MORE THAN ANYBODY I CAN THINK OF.
WE LOVE YOU CHIPPER JONES FROM "ALABAMA!"

Chipper is a big part of what made the Braves who they are in the 90's up to today.
Don't know the guy personally, but I can sympathize with one of the health issues he has.... pulled groin muscles are excruciatingly painful, I found out over the weekend.
Go Chipper! Go Braves!

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  02.28 by Mongo Alex

Money is a ball players motivation?? Well now that can't be.

Morning Mongo.

Yeah, Chipper critics can kiss my ass too. Chipper is my second favorite athlete of all time, and this is more than likely his last season as a player.

He might not be very productive number wise this season, but his presence makes the players around him better, which makes the team better.

Notice when he went down, the Braves started slumping.

Chipper is the heart and soul of American sports, and to say he's only coming back for the money is just dumb.

Who wants to end their career with an injury?

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Originally posted 09:29 AM ET  02.28 by Outlaw...

Yeah, Chipper critics can kiss my ass too. Chipper is my second favorite athlete of all time, and this is more than likely his last season as a player.He might not be very productive number wise this season, but his presence makes the players around him better, which makes the team better.Notice when he went down, the Braves started slumping.Chipper is the heart and soul of American sports, and to say he's only coming back for the money is just dumb.Who wants to end their career with an injury?

I meant Atlanta sports, not American, I'm tired, leave me alone.

gee ... the spammers seem to have come out in force ...

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Originally posted 09:54 AM ET  02.28 by jctoo, cult elitist

gee ... the spammers seem to have come out in force ...

The only good spam comes in a can.

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Jokes on him, I don't have a basement.

Yeah, because it's your mom's.

Chipper's had a great career but I think he's making a mistake coming back. He looked finished last year, before the knee injury.

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Originally posted 10:16 AM ET  02.28 by The Moose

Chipper's had a great career but I think he's making a mistake coming back. He looked finished last year, before the knee injury.

You weren't watching many Braves games were you?

The month before the injury, Chipper hit over 300 with a lot of extra base hits, hell the play he tore the ACL on was one of the best defensive plays he's made in a long time.

Chipper isn't the same Chipper of the early 2000's, and this season might be an injury plagued struggle, but I don't blame him for coming back, and as a Braves fan I'm glad he is coming back.

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Originally posted by

Isn't it a little early in the morning to be making 'your mom' jokes?

It wasn't really a mom's joke, and it's nearly 10:30 here in real time.