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
He's got 13 wins. That's a difference maker with the amount of injuries we've had to our pitching staff this year. We were able to dip down in the bullpen and have him start - good start after good start, five, six, seven innings every time out, giving us a chance to win.
He's going to be the next face of this franchise. He's already been labeled everything from the Golden Child to the next Dale Murphy. He's got all the tools. It's just a matter of getting the repetitions before he takes the next step.
Hopefully we can get back home quick enough and in time to get things straightened out.
I almost wish we could have stayed around till tomorrow. I'd love to see what the papers are gonna say about us now.
He finally realized that if he didn't swing at pitches off the plate, the pitchers would have to come to him. When that happens, he just kills them. You have to make the pitchers make adjustments, not the other way around.
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.
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.
If we can get outs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, we'll be fine. We're going to score some runs. We've got plenty of starters. But we've got to hold the fort down after the starter goes out.
I have confidence in whoever goes out there. Even when Kolbie was struggling at the beginning of the season, I always felt like his last outing would be the one when he turned it around. It took him being demoted and he's figured it out. He's getting key outs. Reitsma will do the same.
I didn't really take care of myself in terms of what I ate. As I get closer to the end of my career, I can't do that. I want to finish my career strong with the Braves, and I feel this is something that had to be done.
I didn't get all of it, but I got enough, ... I'm just happy that it came in a big spot.