Chipper geared up to play beyond 2012

<"As long as I stay healthy"...>


That's a big IF.

I agree with the above. The hardest thing for an athlete is to make the on-going commitment to turn natural physical gifts into the on-going commitment to excellence needed to make it into professional sports. The second hardest thing for an athlete is to know when to gracefully walk away. Unless Chipper is Allen Iverson, that last pay-check alone will take care of him nicely for the rest of his days ...

The last sentance is the key:

final guaranteed year of a contract that will pay $14 million in 2012

He's not walking away from that money no matter what. Let's see how badly he wants to play in 2013 when they offer him a third of that.

Not a Braves fan, but I'd like to see him get 3,000 hits or 50 homers (or both). He's always been a class act.

as long he its able to contribute towards the team, the braves should keeping him at the thirtd base for another two seasons, who knows he may be able to play with one healthy limb!!

the lack of third basemans its just too anemic!!!

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Originally posted 09:27 AM ET  02.01 by The Moose

third

about half of that third????

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Originally posted 09:07 AM ET  02.01 by THE BISHOP!

IF.

we have to throw that if, in jail, to avoid the DL spot!!!

"As long as I stay healthy and I'm having fun, I'm going to keep going,"

How much fun can it be to play for a team that perenially underacheived during its heyday and then last year, pulled off one of the all-time worst collapses in history?

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Originally posted 12:50 PM ET  02.01 by smart alec

How much fun can it be to play for a team that perenially underacheived during its heyday and then last year, pulled off one of the all-time worst collapses in history?

ouch....a lil harsh but true! was there collapse worst than the bosox....i don't think so

I aint saying nothing this year about Chipper.

hate to say it ... but he's looking old ... but then again ... he can probably run circles around me ...

Chipper probably gets more action on the road than he does at home.

"Nearing 40" at 3rd base? His range is now a liability.Provided he even makes it through, this season will be his "Farewell Tour".

chipper has being the braves core player,he becomes a motivator in every game for all the bunch of rookie players that the braves carry in their roster!!!!

the problems that are in the braves, aren't the players at all rather their manager gonzalez its a shaky bomb waiting to happen at any time, it could take another 2 seasons before gonzalez could figureout the riddle in atlanta!!

the nationals have the same type of problem, their manager its too slow in the way he manage the team, did riggleman was better than johnson? maybe not but at least he was playing the team with more intensity than the current manager!!!

managers and coaches do play a great role in every team, and if every coach works with great proffesionalism in their coaching spot, and put alot effort in every game towards the players, the rest it would be showing with the highly expected results,as +99 games win!!!

if gonzalez haven't hesitated in the last week of the season, by losing as many games to a weak nationals, pirates and astros, then how could anybody expected to win against the pesky phillies? the braves need to learn the walk before start running in full speed, gonzalez as a manager would need to play with cold blood like a rattle sneak!!