Atlanta Braves’ Chipper Jones Contemplating Retirement at End of Season

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Atlanta Braves’ Chipper Jones Contemplating Retirement at End of Season
June 19, 2010
by Jimmy Boyd
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Chipper Jones is one of the best third baseman to ever play the game. He’s enjoyed a storied career, and that career appears to be nearing an end, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The paper reports that Jones is talking about finally hanging it up at the end of the season. If he does decide to call it a career, he would be leaving the game at the same time as legendary manager Bobby Cox, who has said he will retire at season’s end.
“He’s been thinking about this all spring, last winter about this would be his last year. Until he talks to you people I really can’t say right now,” Cox said.
But Cox still thinks his player has some good ball left in him.
“Anybody that’s used to hitting .300 it wears on them some,” Cox said. “I personally think he can still contribute…If he gets going and hits .350 the rest of the way, I think (if I were him) I would change my mind.”
Jones is hitting just .237 with 4 homers and 25 RBIs this season, but he is a career .306 hitter with 430 home runs and 1,468 RBIs.
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