Chipper Jones

Bobby Cox has been around a while... a long, long while. Long enough to enjoy 2,000 major league victories with the Atlanta Braves . Apparently, he wasn't impressed with the milestone, as he claims he can barely remember the first nine innings. That comes with age. The 15-inning, 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates , which lasted almost five hours, actually marked career win #2,355 for Cox, spanning 24 managerial seasons with Atlanta, including a brief four-year stint with Toronto in the early 80s. He's no Earl Weaver , but he's got to be one of the orneriest skippers ever. Cox is ranked fourth ... Read Full Story

Chipper Jones was held out of the Atlanta Braves' starting lineup a day after straining his right groin in a game against the Chicago Cubs. Jones said Tuesday night that he felt pain when he ran out of the batter's box after singling in the fourth inning Monday night. He scored and played the rest of the game. The 37-year-old third baseman said he will miss no more than one or two games. Jones is batting .292 with nine home runs and 40 RBIs. The Braves are 5-8 in games he has not started. Martin Prado shifted from second base to third and batted ... Read Full Story

Little did I know at the tender age of 13 -- the year I fell madly in love with Chipper Jones ' switch-hitting swing -- I would be lucky enough to see him earn his first batting title, 14 years later. Hot. After walking on a pinch hit in his only at-bat against the Houston Astros on Sunday, Chipper nabbed the National League batting title, edging St. Louis Cardinals ’ slugger Albert Pujols . Again. Hot. The Atlanta Braves third baseman finished the 2008 season batting .364, marking the highest average for an NL batting champion since Barry Bonds hit .370 in 2002. As ... Read Full Story

After a freak batting cage accident in which Chipper Jones ricocheted a foul ball off a metal bar and straight back into his beautiful face, leaving him with a shiner, he was ready to play the very next day. Yep, he almost poked an eye out, yet he's totally prepared to resume chasing Ted Williams ' illustrious 1941 season. Tough as nails, I tell ya. The Atlanta Braves hot corner was back in the lineup Saturday, going 0-for-3 with an RBI and 2 walks, bringing his big league-best batting average to .409. In other Braves news, Tom Glavine will be sidelined until at least ... Read Full Story

Now that Spring Training has started, we're continuing on with Season Previews. Last year, they began as a serious analysis and ended as half-assed haiku , which we're just gonna keep rolling with. Kicking off our National League season previews are the Atlanta Braves , home of sweet-swinging switch-hitter, Chipper Jones ... who is fricking awesome, in case you weren't aware. Tom Glavine is old Time for him to retire Should Smoltz join him too? Career year for Jones Too bad he's a Dodger now Teixeira hits bombs... and holds down first base Kotsay up the middle. Yum. Francoeur out in right Jair Jurrjens ... Read Full Story