A Final Farewell To Chipper Jones

[superman7515]

The Amazing Feats of Chipper Jones (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8427136/the-many-amazing-feats-chipper-jones)


All of a sudden, it's here. The End. The finish line. Not just of an unforgettable season, but of a unique and historic baseball career.

And now that he's arrived, at last, at the final week of his surreal journey -- at least the regular-season portion -- Chipper Jones finds himself looking backward, looking forward, looking everywhere at once. It's a crazy time. And a beautiful time.

He has accepted all the lovely parting gifts. He has gotten "a little misty" over the ovations he's received, not just in ballparks where they've spent 18 years booing him but from the opposing players who play in those parks. He has clicked on the aerial photos of the giant No. 10 that has been carved in a sprawling Georgia corn field.

"My first-ever corn field," he said with a chuckle.

A few more regular-season games await him. And an emotional farewell ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday. And then his final October, when Chipper Jones gets to write the last scene of one of baseball's most remarkable scripts of modern times.

And then?.......

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Chipper is one of my Top 5 all time favorite Braves.

Gonna miss that switch hittin SOB

[Gil Dobie]

Great run by a class player.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Chipper might be the only player left that takes me back to my old baseball card collecting day. I know I have a few of his Upper Deck rookie cards. '94 I believe?

[woffordgrad94]

Chipper Jones did it all the right way. He never used steroids or any other PEDs, and he was never accused of cheating on the field in any way. And he is getting out while he can still play the game rather than hanging on too long and embarrassing himself at the end, which I think tarnishes the careers of the athletes that do it. I hope the Braves can go on a run and send #10 out with a championship. He will be a unanimous first ballot hall of famer for sure. As a big Braves fan, I'll sure miss him, but I think he's leaving at the right time.

[PaladinFan]

Chipper Jones did it all the right way. He never used steroids or any other PEDs, and he was never accused of cheating on the field in any way. And he is getting out while he can still play the game rather than hanging on too long and embarrassing himself at the end, which I think tarnishes the careers of the athletes that do it. I hope the Braves can go on a run and send #10 out with a championship. He will be a unanimous first ballot hall of famer for sure. As a big Braves fan, I'll sure miss him, but I think he's leaving at the right time.

There are a lot of great stories this year heading into the post season (Orioles and A's among them), but you have to think folks will line up pulling for Atlanta to make a run and send Chipper out in style. Would be a fitting end to bracket his career with World Series victories.

[SoCalAg]

He was an a--hole who cheated on (and subsequently left) his wife with a Hooters girl. Screw him...good riddance dick

[Laker]

He is now separated from her also. Our heroes are not perfect and we need to remember that. But we aren't perfect either and we need to remember that too.

[clenz]

He was an a--hole who cheated on (and subsequently left) his wife with a Hooters girl. Screw him...good riddance dick

Yeah....he is the only person to ever cheat in his wife....ever.


What a ****ing prick

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[CitadelGrad]

Screw Chipper. He's an asshole. Baseball will be better without him.

[woffordgrad94]

Well, opinions are like butts. Everybody has one, but some are better looking than others.

[gsu_paintballer]

Screw Chipper. He's an asshole. Baseball will be better without him.

Why?

[SoCalAg]

Why?

Because he's been a smug a--hole his entire career and he has been a intolerable jerk for two decades...go away Larry.

[SoCalAg]

Yeah....he is the only person to ever cheat in his wife....ever.


What a ****ing prick

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I don't remember saying he is the only person ever to cheat on his wife, but I don't have to wash his balls about what a great guy he's been either. He's been a pretentious dick his whole career, and a terrible husband. But he could hit the ball real well, so let's sing his praises blindly.

[clenz]

I will praise the fact he is one of the best baseball players to ever on a uniform


I never let a players personal life affect hour u view their career. They are two completly different things.


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