Chipper Jones will retire at the end of the season...

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One of the greatest third basemen of all time will play his final season in 2012.
 
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Hey ESPN, screw you. The greatest third baseman since Mike Schmidt, a steroid free player, a future HOF, and a player who sacrificed money to play with Atlanta announced his retirement. I turn the channel and it's about a backup quarterback being traded for a 4th round pick.

**** you ESPN.
 
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One of the best to ever play the game.

Unbelievable how good Chipper was.

Career .300/.400/.500 slash line... joining Cobb, Musial, Ott, Ruth, Frank Thomas, and Ted Williams as the only players ever to do so, for some perspective.
 
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Dbake005 said:
One of the best to ever play the game.

Unbelievable how good Chipper was.

Career .300/.400/.500 slash line... joining Cobb, Musial, Ott, Ruth, Frank Thomas, and Ted Williams as the only players ever to do so, for some perspective.
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One of six players to ever put six consecutive seasons of 25 homers/100 RBI's/.300 average joining DiMaggio, Williams, Manny Ramirez, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig (I'm pretty sure that's the list).

Incredible.
 
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The back to back 7.5 WAR seasons in 2007 and 2008 may be the most impressive thing of all.
 
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Dbake005 said:
The back to back 7.5 WAR seasons in 2007 and 2008 may be the most impressive thing of all.
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It's a freakin damn shame his legs betrayed him.

He would have been right up there with Schmidt if they hadn't.

I got him #2 behind Schmidt.
 
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From 1996-2003, he was probably one of the top five players in baseball along with Bonds, Ramirez, Griffey, and A-Rod.

He played on average 157 games, along with 32 homers, 107 RBI's, and a slash line of .313/.410/.551.
 
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No Braves fan can put a phillie in front of Larry Wayne Jones, Jr.
 
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I never was a big Chipper fan, but the man had a hell of a career. It says something that he put up those numbers in a steroid era and he did it the right way.
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His career started with a torn ligament didn't it? Hell of a player, and still is. Body just can't take it anymore.
 
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He is one of my favorite players ever. I grew up in a Cards/Braves family and I always loved those 90's teams and players. He is a first ballot HoFer for sure. Sad to see that 90's era of players officially come to an end.
 
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This is a very bittersweet feeling. Chipper's my childhood hero, but at the same time he hasn't been producing much lately...
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Kingston Vol said:
This is a very bittersweet feeling. Chipper's my childhood hero, but at the same time he hasn't been producing much lately...
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Actually, that's incorrect. Was selected to play in last year's All-Star game. Had a .270/.340/.470 slash line. He's not going to play 150 games, but when he's out there, he produces.
 
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Sad to see one of the best go, but I think it was a year overdue. Really feel he should have retire after this past season.
 
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He produced last year. If his name weren't chipper jones and he didn't have the HOF resume as precedent, you'd say "solid year"
 
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Grew up watching him at a very young age with my grandpa. Because of that, it seems like he's been in the league since the beginning of time. He was my favorite player growing up, too.
 
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