Career .300/.400/.500 hitter, only 14 in the history of baseball
Joe Posnanski writes a fantastic article for SI about the consistency of Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves. Well worth a read... it will cheer you up.
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Gotta love JoePoz. Can’t think of many writers who are a greater pleasure to read.
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
by Yakker on Sep 30, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Only sports writer I enjoy more is John Feinstein
Living on the Black is one of the best books on baseball I have ever read.
by blitzerlover on Sep 30, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Punch was also a good (if grisly) read.
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
by Yakker on Sep 30, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are right.
It is a great article, but then, he is a great writer — one of my all-time favorite sportswriters.
I didn’t need to be cheered up, though, because I BELIEVE!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
by sddbaker on Sep 30, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You're just a super fan, aren't you?
Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
"Wait, bait and bash." - Jason Heyward's personal philosophy.
by mvhsbball on Sep 30, 2009 4:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Next manager for the Braves: DITKA!
by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 30, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DA Braves!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
by sddbaker on Sep 30, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
who would win in a fight. Chippa or a hurricane…… and the hurricane’s name is Chippa
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
by Swo12bv on Sep 30, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
by sddbaker on Sep 30, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I BELIEVE TOO!!!
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Sep 30, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I’m irritating some people in my end-of-the-season fight against negativity. I just couldn’t keep it under control any longer.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
by sddbaker on Sep 30, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you So much :)
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
by HEYJUDE on Sep 30, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
like i said
you’re just a super fan. anyone who is negative about their team should be beaten and hung!
Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
"Wait, bait and bash." - Jason Heyward's personal philosophy.
by mvhsbball on Sep 30, 2009 5:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
by sddbaker on Sep 30, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That article did make me happy. It’s refreshing after listening to ESPN completely disregard the Braves for all these years.
You say to-mah-to, I say you're retarded.
by alligatorimpersonator on Sep 30, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s crazy how good Chipper is. Over the course of 162 games for his career, he averages a .308 AVG, .948 OPS, 32 HR, 108 RBI, 109 R, 100 BB, 35 2B, and 11 SB. Wow.
For comparison, Dale Murphy, the last great Atlanta hitter, over the course of 162 games during his tenure in Atlanta averages a .268 AVG, .829 OPS, 31 HR, 96 RBI, 93 R, 77 BB, 26 2B, and 13 SB.
Again, wow.
"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Sep 30, 2009 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He is easily among the 3 best switch hitters ever...
and quite possibly among the best ever at 3rd?
Offensively though, his career numbers aren’t too far off Constanza’s beloved Seven.—.298 avg, .977 ops, 36 hr, 102 rbi, 113 runs, 117 bb, 23 2b, 10 sb. Eddie Murray’s 162 avg is a bit worse, but then he stuck around a while (over 3000 games played, Mantle is 2400+ and Chipper over 2100).
by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 30, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that Posnanski sets the bar for sports journalism
Mat Gamel is way too cool for double consonants.
by VivaLosBravos on Sep 30, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have great news
so i was watching the history channel, cause well im a loser a bit of a nerd apparently, and they were talking about parallel universes. they exist… so in another universe the Braves are gonna win the WC, if not this one. Actually in more than one universe we will win the WC… and we even won the NL East.
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
by Swo12bv on Sep 30, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Oct 1, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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