Last night, a legend, an icon – Chipper Jones tore his ACL while fielding a ground ball in Houston. This is the most depressing news I’ve had in a long while. I feel like I’ve been watching him forever! He debuted as the youngest player in the MLB with the Braves in 93 and has been my all time favorite since. He will not be playing the remainder of this season and may not ever play again (as he was considering retiring at the beginning of the season this year.) I really hoped he could go out with a bang and now that he’s injured toward the end of his career, it makes my insides sting. No matter how it ends though, he will go down in Braves history and I will never forget him. A Braves game will not be the same without that man. So I tip my hat to you Chipper, you played a damn good game.  And please do not retire until I get one last chance to see you play!

I took this a few years ago…

Advertisement