Where Does Chipper Jones Rank All Time?

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Chipper Jones is chasing down immortals like Mike Schmidt, Eddie Mathews, George Brett, Wade Boggs, Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose, Eddie Murray and Tim Raines and shouldn’t bother looking back to see if a mere mortal like David Wright is nipping at his heels. [link]

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Dugout Central: Where Does Chipper Jones Rank All Time?
Published 3/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Dugout Central: Where Does Chipper Jones Rank All Time? Obviously...well ahead of that “golden boy du jour” David Wright. Rob Neyer and Peter Gammons have both stated that Chipper would be a Hall of Famer if he retires right now. Chipper disagrees. He feels he needs five more good years to make the best case possible for the Hall. It’s very possible that Chipper is correct. After all, he hasn’t made an All-Star team since 2001. However, Chipper is baseball royalty and deserves to be treated as such during the twilight of his career. He has been mostly forgotten during this ...

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