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Bubba
March 29th, 2011
8:29 am
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
Diane Turner
March 29th, 2011
8:39 am
LOVE ME SOME CHIPPER!!!!
Ken Davidson
March 29th, 2011
8:53 am
Love Chipper as a player, but can’t see him behind a microphone. Those daily Chipper updates a few years ago on radio were hard to take.
EB
March 29th, 2011
8:57 am
Hahaha Good one DOB! The guy obviously has some sort of beef with Chipper to have rambled on and on and on and on……
Thanks for the interview, I am really looking forward to reading Part 2!
wheelz007
March 29th, 2011
9:10 am
Thanks again DOB.
Looking forward to Part 2.
Blue
March 29th, 2011
9:13 am
BravesLover; I disagree. I know early on the “ummms” and such were prevalent, but I have listened to a couple of interviews over the last couple of weeks, and I didn’t even hear one of those “umms” that used to dominate his sentences. I think you are thinking about the past, dude.
EB
March 29th, 2011
9:18 am
Oh, and I would be absolutely ECSTATIC if Chipper became an announcer. I have always hoped that once he retired, he would still be affiliated in some way with the Braves. I am 25 years old, and every season that I have been old enough to watch and understand baseball, Chipper has always been there, so I was getting sad thinking that soon he won’t be! So this is great news for a long time Chipper fan
phil
March 29th, 2011
9:19 am
THAT’S a good interview. No cream puff bs….good questions, good answers….nice job, Dave.
And I’ll be happy to have Chipper in the booth. It’s good to keep the legends around. In other words, time to punt Gant and Jordan who are neither…
Chris White
March 29th, 2011
9:21 am
gotta love chipper, go get ‘em chipper
kk
March 29th, 2011
9:25 am
Will Chipper be telling anyone to kiss his ass in part 2?
EB
March 29th, 2011
9:27 am
He will prob tell his haters to, which is fine with me.
Buford
March 29th, 2011
9:28 am
Just heard Elizabeth Cook say she was singing the National Anthem at Braves home opener. Great choice!
Travis
March 29th, 2011
9:29 am
Chipper would be a great color type broadcaster but play by play might be too quick for his delivery.
Travis
March 29th, 2011
9:31 am
Brian Jordan has a nasal quality to his voice that makes we want to hand him a kleenex so he can blow his nose. Ha
Felix Millan
March 29th, 2011
9:44 am
Stellar work DOB
Felix Millan
March 29th, 2011
9:45 am
Love some Elizabeth Cook.
big o
March 29th, 2011
9:57 am
Thats top shelf DOB !!!! Bring us as much as you can this season from Hoss. Lets savor this Braves Fans.. Let’s not take Chipper for granted we will miss him when he’s gone. He was a great player and still is very good. Have a kick ass season Chipper !!!! 135 games .300 20 homers 90 rbi
reckingball
March 29th, 2011
10:00 am
Foghorn……..Read the first little bit of your rant, and then scrolled thru the rest.
growing older, but not up
March 29th, 2011
10:06 am
Say what you want about Chipper, but the lineup is not as good without him in it.
timthebrave
March 29th, 2011
10:07 am
A definite Hall of Famer. I hope that Chipper is the chipper of old this year…We really need his bat and leadership.
timthebrave
March 29th, 2011
10:08 am
Dear haters, after you kiss chipper’s ass you can kiss mine. Go Braves
EB
March 29th, 2011
10:11 am
@timthebrave, well said, couldn’t agree more!!
Chuck M.
March 29th, 2011
10:13 am
As a DJ myself I would say with the proper training Chipper would do fine as a Broadcaster.It takes work and prep.The former players on MLB have a staff of professional that work with them.If Smoltz can work on MLB network,then so can Chipper!
ABravesFan
March 29th, 2011
10:25 am
Chipper praised Jeter? That’s classy of Chipper and all but I still won’t like that.
1eyedJack
March 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Just think, with the No. 1 pick Bobby could have opted for that other guy, the pitcher. What was his name again?
Buzz me
March 29th, 2011
10:56 am
Chipper is to the Braves and this town what Cal Ripken is to Baltimore and the Orioles. Total class. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to see him play
Netherlands Brave
March 29th, 2011
11:13 am
I have a lot of respect for Chipper and his loyalty to the Braves. Tomorrow morning I fly out of Brussels to Washington DC to watch my Braves in their opening series with the Nationals. I can’t wait. GO BRAVES!!!!!
tdawgmoney
March 29th, 2011
11:42 am
Here’s a simple stat……for the Braves to have ANY chance at winning the East…..we need 145 games out of the Chipster. No doubt he’s a sho-in HOF’er and the ole #10 will be hanging large from the outfield plaza in a few years.
Mitchell
March 29th, 2011
11:50 am
Chipper sucks. I hate him.
Get it? It’s a joke, you dummies!
Hey, he could be the comeback player of the year. You know, it’s one thing to come back from the injury and not be hobbling around like we all probably expected and to not break down all over again but to actually hit like he did, even though it is spring training, well, he could be our secret weapon.
Imagine that.
Herschworld
March 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
DOB is hands down the best sportswriter at the AJC..Chipper is a great ball player and I think he’s going to have a good year, hopefully that means at least 85% of the season..As for broadcaster anyone remember chipper on gameday a few years, he really impressed Herbstreit with his insight and that was college football. I think chipper would be great in the booth finally give Joe Simpson someone to talk too
AT
March 29th, 2011
12:23 pm
Chipper is total class? The same guy who cheated on his first wife and had a illegitimate kid with a Hooters waitress? Please don’t insult Ripken by trying to compare Chipper to him! Very short memory in this city.
J Clay
March 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
Good interview, couple of thoughts from it:
1) Please no Chipper doing Braves TV…let him do a hunting show but not the Braves..PLEASE
2) Arrogance comment from his mom – he has never forgotten that for sure
3) Andruw Jones – was a player in his prime for sure, did not realize Chipper thought so highly of him
Also I read earlier in Spring he said the 2 biggest question marks had been answered (he and Nate McOut)….It’s one thing for me to believe he is ready to go, he has the history so I will believe him BUT come on with nate McOut…I’d be real careful calling him ready to go, his history has proven quite the opposite
kyle
March 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
Seems Chipper may have finally grown up….i would like to know if he regrets blaming the fans when St Louis beat the braves a few years back….you know- the game HE mad a few errors……Like to hear his take on that now
cranky
March 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
Top 2 or 3 to wear an Atlanta uniform???? You’re forgetting Henry Aaron, Phil Neikro, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine. You should go ahead and draft up the obligatory “Isn’t it a shame Chipper got hurt in his last full season” column, to be published before May 15. He’s got very good career numbers at everything, except time on the DL. He’s made of balsa wood, and he’ll be done before too long. Hopefully, Freddi already has the contingency plan well worked out.
billmaier
March 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
foghorn leghorn chipper is not done just wait and see, if you want to rag on anyone rag on sherrill he deserves it , not chipper
Mark's for the Braves
March 29th, 2011
1:25 pm
Gonna miss Chipper when he retires. I’ll never forget in his rookie season when he told a reporter he would bat .300. I thought he was just being cocky, but boy he hit .300 and with power. What a player he’s been….
Hillbillybrave
March 29th, 2011
1:31 pm
KMA club open for business
woman in the throes
March 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
Nice work DOB. Love me some Chipper but I really can’t see (hear) him in the booth. I think too often we think we know these guys based on the little we hear but most of the interviews I’ve heard with him, he just seemed bored, or maybe a little shy but really not into them. Smoltz on the other hand, always struck me as kind of a jerk (re: spats with neighbors, spats with Chipper, divorcing ex) but it just felt to me he was a bit crusty. Lord knows I haven’t gotten along with everybody in my life so who am I to judge. Having said that, not many pitchers I would have rather watched than Smoltz and to me, he’s incredibly good in the booth (hokie jokes of the day aside). Maybe I’m in the minority here but I just think we’ve seen some serious regression in the quality of our announcers (other than the radio guys who are amazing). Between Joe, Ron, Brian and Chip I don’t find even one I can listen to for a whole game (yeah I said Joe, too). Maybe just spoiled from having masters like Ernie, Skip and the Professor for so long.
Al Beeski
March 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
Thanks for the great career, Chipper, I’m 38 just like you & you are my favorite Brave of all-time. Go get em this year!!!
DC Brave
March 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Well done DOB, can’t wait for Part II. Chipper Jones is the greatest Atlanta Brave. Sorry Hammerin’ Hank, but you didn’t help in the playoff run and weren’t on the WS team.
C’mon Chip…push the sun back up in the sky for 1 or 2 more years.
Hey, can somebody call Wags and ask him if he’s willing to work part time, say from August to October?
Johnny T
March 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
Foghorn if you really think Heyward is the professional hitter that Chipper is when Chipper is hot like he was right before he got injured, then your baseball knowledge exists only in your own mind. Chipper is the best hitter in the Braves lineup when he’s healthy…PERIOD.
randy cason
March 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
never could understand why people give a damn about ballplayers,they are out for the money,they don’t represent the city of atlanta or you and me,and the guy that picks up my trash once a week actually provides a better service to society than these ballplayers like chipper jones
Reginald
March 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
C’mon ‘woman in throes’, how can you not like Joe Simpson? I didn’t know that was possible.
headl
March 29th, 2011
1:55 pm
Chipper is total class? The same guy who cheated on his first wife and had a illegitimate kid with a Hooters waitress? Please don’t insult Ripken by trying to compare Chipper to him! Very short memory in this city.
He then adopted the child and admitted his mistake like a man.
Ripken is a huge jerk. He even refused to stay with his own team on road trips demanding a private suite at the best hotel in town. The team plane often had to wait almost an hour for Ripken to show up.
That how Frank Wren lost his job in Baltimore. One day when Ripken was late Wren told them to leave without him. Well crybaby Ripken never forgot it and made sure Wren was fired.
Fire Frank Wren
March 29th, 2011
1:56 pm
What’s Part 2? the Deer Hunting Days? I’ll be the first to say I have always though Larry is overrated. Just before going down last year he was proving me way wrong.
RichardChristySalGovernale
March 29th, 2011
1:57 pm
@Younger ; Thank you sir, for that wonderful story on Mr. Larry Jones. I see all this craziness in the world and always want to latch onto something familiar to make the ride less bumpy. Your story on Mr Jones made me realize that there is so much that is right of our US of A. The folks are the folks and we’ll remain the best (or at least, among the best) as long as we have the decency of folks like Mr. Jones.
@DOB : Cannot thank you enough. It’s that time of the year again….a sense of anticipation and one feels the country”ll be okay no matter what. Thank you for the interview. Looking forward to part 2.
Chipper Q&A, Pt. 2: Of fans, family, retirement, Hall of Fame, and more | Atlanta Braves
March 29th, 2011
2:07 pm
[...] (This was the second part of a two-part interview, a condensed version of which ran in Tuesday’s print editions of the AJC. You can read Part 1 of the full interview here.) [...]
The Orginal WDE
March 29th, 2011
2:08 pm
Chipper’s all we got left from the good ol’ days. Love him to death.
But here’s to the future.
David O'Brien
March 29th, 2011
2:13 pm
headl: Most folks outside of baseball haven’t heard those stories on Ripken, which you touched on in your 1:55 p.m. comment. But those of us who cover the sport certainly have. And let’s just say, I don’t dispute any of what you wrote.
Eddie
March 29th, 2011
2:17 pm
You regular bloggers (unlike me), please explain braves lover’s claim to fame. What a blow-hard jerk! Surely you don’t have to put up with him on a regular basis?
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 29th, 2011
2:28 pm
Great article, interview DOB, I am truly proud to wear Chipper’s # 10 Jersey, Class Act and 1st rounder to HOF… Come On, GO BRaves, YAY Spring…
Hope Chipper has an awesome Exit, send em out with a pennant/Championship, dare I pray/hope!!!
EB
March 29th, 2011
2:35 pm
Thank you @headl for that information. I was not aware of all of that, very interesting!
It really kills me how people like to throw in mistakes that players have made off the field, like YOU have never made a mistake in your life. They are human just like you and me. He is a GREAT baseball player and obviously a good person off the field because of good decisions he has made, like the wrongs he made right. Go Chipper and Go Braves!
Richard Dawson
March 29th, 2011
2:52 pm
BOOO. Loser. Redneck Thug. Chipper to fans in Schultz article a few weeks ago: “Kiss my a**”.
Classless redneck thug. With a REAL leader at 3B, maybe we win another championship or two during the division-winning years.
Ryan
March 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
Stop saying he will “likely” be inducted into the Hall of Fame someday. He will be. People need to recognize the amazing talent that Chipper Jones is. Nobody would say that Greg Maddux will “likely” be inducted into the Hall; they instead recognize his talents/accomplishments and tell it like it is: he will be a first-ballot HOFer and he deserves such a distinction.
Robert
March 29th, 2011
3:02 pm
I am in the midst of reading David Wells’ book “Perfect I’m Not”. He has some interesting info on Ripken
It’s nothing earth-shatteringly bad. But he does say that Ripken was an extreme alpha dog – and tolerated no challenge to his authority. He would wrestle teammates (sometimes as kidding around but serious enough if it was a challenge to his locker room status)
Bottom line – (ans Wells makes this clear) – the lilly whites and the black hats arent as extreme and one sided as the writers would have the fans believe. A lot does depend on how the writers portray a player
And Wells also says that almost nothing a player does off the field will alienate him from his teammates as long as he drives to win between the lines
Robert
March 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
“He will be. People need to recognize the amazing talent that Chipper Jones is”
That means an honest assessment of him as a ballplayer
Chipper was an awesome pure hitter – one of the 5 best pure hitters of his generation.
In the field and on the basepaths he was nothing special. Yes he stole some bases early in his career – I was speaking mostly as a baserunner as opposed to a pure stealer.
Bob Horner
March 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
Can we all stop pretending that I wasn’t the greatest third baseman in the history of the franchise?
woman in the throes
March 29th, 2011
3:49 pm
Reginald, I’m sure Joe Simpson is a good guy (or maybe not) but to me he was always a throw in with Skip, Don and Pete. IMHO he’s gotten better over the years and would still be good in a supporting role but not as the lead guy which he needs to be with these other guys. Haven’t heard Glavine much yet but Smoltz is one of the few guys I’ve seen just step in and be really good at what I think would be a tough job.
lowe
March 29th, 2011
3:52 pm
We love you Chipper. Glad you’re back!
Joel
March 29th, 2011
3:57 pm
seriously the best hitter this 27 year old has seen in person with the only possible exception being tony gwynn.
BravesFan
March 29th, 2011
4:15 pm
I’d have a beer with him… just saying.
bostonbravo
March 29th, 2011
6:30 pm
if Chipper stays off the sauce , he can play two more years easy.
trey
March 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
Rock and Roll Hoss! here’s to another great year in Braves country!
bigdawg
March 30th, 2011
7:27 pm
The Dude Abides!