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Babes Love Baseball found this 5/5/2008 on www.ajc.com [flag]
THOMAS STINSON The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/04/08 Just turned 36, Chipper Jones is passing a rare threshold in contemporary baseball. He has been a Brave for half his life, 18 years in one organization. Some nations don't last so long. Jones does not mark time that way. He dates himself to a Saturday afternoon in June 1987, when the Braves played Cincinnati at ... [link]

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Braves Sweep, Jones Still Ridiculous
Published 5/5/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... 1.1 innings. This marks the shortest outing of his career as his ERA sky-rocketed to 8.63. Someone better call 911, cause Chipper Jones is on fire. The 36-year-old sweet-swinging switch-hitter is batting .425. Holy Smokes! The Braves, on the other hand, aren't faring so well on the road. They're 11-4 at The Ted, but 4-11 away. That's not as crappy as the Reds, though, who just finished another five-game road losing streak to lose their 12th of 18 road games. [AJC] | [Bleacher Report] | [BravesNuWorld] | [Red Reporter ...

Morning Juice: Will TBS or TNT carry Chipper's Hall speech?
Published 5/5/2008 at Big League Stew
... Jonesing for Chipper: He's had a fantastic career but he's underrated when it comes to placing him with the game's best in this or any era. And if somebody out there gives me a, "Oh, ...

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