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End of the Road for Chipper?


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Looks like Chipper tore his ACL and will be gone for the season and possibly the rest of his career. He's always been one of my favorite players, but somehow I'm always amazed when I look at his numbers. He was a truly great player that never got enough attention.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=1903&sn=t

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If this is it, I just realized that I was at his 3rd to last game (EDIT: and last game in ATL) on Saturday against the Giants. I took this picture when he grounded out to the SS for the second out of the bottom of the 8th: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=46081439&l=b9997820c3&id=27408374 .

That could be his 7th to last PA. Pretty surreal.

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Chipper Jones is going to miss the rest of the season with a torn knee ligament, leaving open the possibility that he's at the end of the road. Chipper had already said he's pondering retirement at the end of the season, and despite the fact that he has said he'll try to see if he can come back, at 38 that's no small task.

I feel bad for the guy in all honesty. He's had one heck of a career, stayed with one team his entire career, was never over-the-top or grabbing for the media spot-light, and had a chance to get back to the playoffs in his final season. It'll be a shame if this is the way it ends.

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