PHOENIX -- Randy Johnson. Chipper Jones.
Patrick Corbins remarkable start has drawn him into an elite crowd.
Corbin became the only left-hander other than Johnson in franchise history to begin a season 6-0 when he threw seven shutout innings in the Diamondbacks' 2-0 victory over the Braves at Chase Field on Tuesday.
Another Hall of Famer-in-waiting took notice.
The guy sitting...
There are few players of today’s era (okay, literally yesterday’s era) that are more respected than Chipper Jones. He played the game, did it the right way, battled through injuries, won a World Series, played in three, 8 All Star games, career .303, 468 home runs.
So after a clearly blown home run call by crew chief Angel Hernandez in the Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Indians...
Former Atlanta Brave player Chipper Jones spent Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway serving as the grand marshal for the Aaron’s 499. Jones made his rounds though the media center and was thrilled to be on hand for the race which his baseball career had prevented him from attending.
Jones described himself as a NASCAR enthusiast when he spoke earlier in the day.
“I was in the...
Chipper Jones has always come across as the old school, ah shucks, country boy. On Wednesday the former third basemen of the Atlanta Braves made some tweets in regards to bullying that are sure to raise a few eye brows.
Jones is clearly making reference to the Rutgers situation and coach Mike Rice. Rice was fired on Wednesday after video tape of his practice sessions were played...
If I had asked you to give me a current or former athlete to defend the actions of Rutgers head coach Mike Rice, who would it be? Would Chipper Jones come to mind? Probably not. Which is why it was quite surprising to read the former Atlanta Braves great’s musings on Twitter on Wednesday evening, where he seemingly called out the Rutgers basketball players: I got cursed at and...
BRAVE NEW WORLD
The Yankees reportedly intend to gauge the interest of recently retired Braves star Chipper Jones, among others, in possibly filling in for the injured Mark Teixeira.
THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
The Atlanta Braves are not wasting any time paying tribute to Chipper Jones as it has been announced the team will retire his No. 10 jersey on June 28.
THAT LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE
Chipper Jones has been doing a good job keeping himself busy in the first few months of his retirement. He's been out and about with his new Playboy model girlfriend, spending time promoting his "VIP" Super Bowl party and generally getting chubbier. But it isn't all glitz and glamor for the future Hall of Famer. It turns out that when it comes to putting things...
Chipper Jones is retired, freshly divorced, and apparently dating a Playboy model. The folks at Busted Coverage put it together that Larry Wayne is dating a woman named Taylor Higgins, whose stage name is Lexi Ray Taylor. Lexi Ray posed nude for Playboy Cyber and was their Coed of the Week for March 4 2010. She was listed as a nursing student at the University of Kentucky. Per Busted...
BRAVE NEW WORLD
How is the former MVP spending his first days of retirement? By watching 'JFK' and live-tweeting what he thinks really happened in Dallas on that infamous day.