Chipper Jones
Chipper Jones
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, Jr.is an American former Major League Baseballthird baseman who spent his entire 19-year MLB career playing for the Atlanta Braves, and all 23 years as a professional baseball player in the Atlanta organization. Initially a shortstop, he was the Braves' primary starting third baseman for nearly all of the period from 1995–2012. In 2002 and 2003, Jones played left field before returning to third base in 2004. Standing 6' 4") tall and weighing 210 poundsduring his...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 April 1972
CityDefland, FL
I'd like to see some other guys chime in and get hot, ... Andruw and I aren't going to to drive in all the runs every night.
I don't care what you write about our playoff failures. We're just going to go out and play the game.
Nobody in here was saying it was a fluke. We all know he can do it. He got off to a horrible start last year and still bounced back and had a great season.
On November 1, everybody's in shape. There wouldn't be an issue with pitch counts. There wouldn't be an issue with knocking the rust off coming into spring training. Things like that. I think it would be a little bit better tournament. You'd probably see a little more offense and a little more emphasis on starting pitching.
I would give anything to be able to have another opportunity to play in this tournament. If it meant going to some kind of camp on Feb. 1, I'd go.
If we have five or six guys who do what is expected of them, it'll be a fun year for us. But the fact of the matter is, we play in a pitcher's ballpark. We have to play to our strength.
I am turning my Golden Child Status over to Frenchie. He is going to be the next face for the Braves for a long time.
But the bigger picture is, you can't do that late in the season and the playoffs and expect to win. Andruw's not going to come through every time. Contrary to what some people think, he's not Superman.
Barry is going to be under constant scrutiny. For the last 15 to 20 years, he's been the face of baseball.
I lost track of how many at-bats we had today. After seven or eight at-bats, the bats starting getting heavy. Guys hadn't eaten since 10 or 11 this morning. It takes a lot out of you. You've got to gut it out. They did. I wish them luck. They played an outstanding series.
I have been hearing forever how this team or that team is going to beat us. No one's done it yet.
Old men need a little rest. We need to get some of these young guys off the bench.
We're not coming out here to go home after the first round. That would be a supreme disappointment.
When you come up in the (Atlanta) system, the thing on your mind is that you don't want to be part of the group that ends the (Braves') streak.