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
It never feels good, but I've had a couple of heartbreakers where I could have won the game, but instead ended the season, ... You learn from that.
To this day, I still don't know how he does it. He kept sticking guys out there and giving them confidence.
You have to have the desire to succeed and you can do that without cheating. Well, some people can.
To have it happen after a colossal breakdown in our bullpen again, it was big. You've got to pick each other up, and we did it today.
Unbelievable year. It's like almost everybody had amazing years, including guys who weren't even in camp with the club.
We're going to go as far as our pitching staff takes us. It's been that way around here for years. If we pitch well, we're going to win a lot of games.
We definitely hit little rut. Philly pitched us pretty tough, New York pitched us tough, and I'm sure Florida is going to pitch us pretty tough. It's not going to get any easier.
We're still knocking the rust off. I was glad just to come out after five innings.
We can bunt guys over. But we're built on power. That's American baseball.
We better get it turned around quick. We need to pitch better and hit better. About the only thing we're doing is playing defense.
There are a lot of egos in the clubhouse. For us to be successful, we have to put those egos aside and become good teammates and play the game the way we grew up playing it, pull for each other and genuinely be happy for each other.
We pretty much got dominated. What happened (Monday) night was just incredible. I would've never thought that could happen to us.
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.