Chipper Jones’s Hall of Fame induction speech
Posted: April 26, 2020 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Chipper Jones, Major League Baseball, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, sports Leave a commentI really like Chipper Jones’s opening comment to his speech: I can only imagine how nerve wracking it would be to stand up there and talk in front of so many people on such an important occasion. And the Jim Thome story is absolutely hilarious. Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.
Baseball Hall of Fame, Class of 2018
Posted: January 25, 2018 Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Major League Baseball, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, sports, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero Leave a commentCongratulations to Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Trevor Hoffman on their election into the Baseball Hall of Fame!
Hoffman, Jones, Thome, and Guerrero (Getty Images)
This day in baseball: Extra base streak
Posted: July 16, 2013 Filed under: 21st Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Chipper Jones, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates, sports Leave a comment
On 16 July 2006, Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones hit a home run in the fourth inning. It was the fourteenth consecutive game in which Jones had an extra-base hit, tying a 1927 record set by Pirates outfielder Paul Waner.
