Comments on: 400 HRs for Chipper

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:35:07 +0000

Definitely glad I could be there to see this last night. One thing's for sure, on the 100 HR increments, Chipper has always crushed them as seen in the video tribute last night.

#400 was no different going about 10-12 rows deep to right.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:35:07 +0000

Lets hope Chipper finishes the weekend with a .400 avg and 403 home runs.

Braves > phils

By: JBinATL

JBinATL — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:35:07 +0000

You know Chipper hit that homer for me. He knew it was my birthday. He called me after the game and said "D'ya see that, JB? That was for YOU!"

No… not really.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:35:07 +0000

Your crush on him is charming. ;D

I wish I'd been there last night.

By: Sunday Smattering at Heard in the Cheap Seats

Sunday Smattering at Heard in the Cheap Seats — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:31:10 +0000

[...] Chipper Hits Number 400: One of my favorite baseball players of all time, Chipper Jones, reached a career milestone this week–HR number 400. Of course, immediately after the blast, the posts came fast and furious debating his hall of fame credentials. Let me put it this way, if he retired right now, he is easily in the top 3 in terms of switch hitters of all time. That alone is enough to get him in. But, Chipper himself says he would like to play another 4 years at a minimum provided he remains healthy and the Braves would like him back. Let’s just assume for argument’s sake he sees a fairly sharp decline in his power numbers after this season and only hits 20 HRs a year (a huge stretch) for the next four years. Assuming he hits about 20 more this season, that would put him at 501 HRs for his career. Now, let’s look at hits. Let’s say he finished this season with 200 hits, which would be an additional 110 on top of where he currently stands. Then for the next four years, he sees a slight decline to 175 a year. That would put him above the 3,000 hit mark for his career. In terms of RBI, he will probably get another 60 this year followed by four seasons at a conservative 80 per year. That would give him 1700 RBI for his career. My point is this: he is already a HOFer, everything he tacks on from here on out is just gravy. [...]

By: Chris Iafolla

Chris Iafolla — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:12:20 +0000

Now that that is out of the way, perhaps we can figure out a way to clone him so the Braves will start winning a few more games? These struggles are maddening.

By: josh

josh — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:03:47 +0000

LMAO

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:30:44 +0000

Your crush on him is charming. ;D

I wish I’d been there last night.

By: JBinATL

JBinATL — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:02:06 +0000

You know Chipper hit that homer for me. He knew it was my birthday. He called me after the game and said “D’ya see that, JB? That was for YOU!”

No… not really.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:35:36 +0000

Lets hope Chipper finishes the weekend with a .400 avg and 403 home runs.

Braves > phils

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:15:03 +0000

Definitely glad I could be there to see this last night. One thing’s for sure, on the 100 HR increments, Chipper has always crushed them as seen in the video tribute last night.

#400 was no different going about 10-12 rows deep to right.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:59:46 +0000

Word!!!!! Way to go Chipper