Braves to honor Chipper during final home series - WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

Braves to honor Chipper during final home series

Posted: Updated:
By Keith Cawley, Sports Anchor - bio | email

ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves will honor Chipper Jones before the start of his final home regular-season series.

The Braves on Monday announced plans to honor Jones in a pregame ceremony Sept. 28 before they open a series against the New York Mets. Jones, who has spent his entire career in Atlanta, plans to retire after the season.

The 40-year-old is hitting .318 with six homers and 33 RBIs. He will be a reserve in Tuesday night's All-Star game in Kansas City.

Jones was the NL MVP in 1999 and batting champion in 2008, and is considered a strong Hall of Fame candidate.

Team president John Schuerholz says the Braves will use the ceremony to show Jones "how much he has meant to us."

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

  • Channel 3 Eyewitness Sports

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:42 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:42:36 GMT
    Paul Newberry AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- Evan Gattis hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Atlanta Braves
    Evan Gattis hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Atlanta Braves to their fifth straight win, 5-4 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:07 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:07:46 GMT
    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WRCB) -- Reid Clements tossed a complete game and Chance Brown had two hits and drove in one run to lift Silverdale Academy to a 5-1 win over Rockwood in the opening round of the Class
    Reid Clements tossed a complete game and Chance Brown had two hits and drove in one run to lift Silverdale Academy to a 5-1 win over Rockwood in the opening round of the Class A state baseball tournament Tuesday evening at Middle Tennessee Christian School.

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:40 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:40:50 GMT
    Whitwell wins opener in Class A state softball tournament MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WRCB) -- Hailey Andregg had three hits and drove in two runs to lead Whitwell to a 4-3 win over Forrest in the opening round
    Whitwell wins its opening game in the Class A state softball tournament at Spring Fling, but East Hamilton, Meigs County and GPS all fall into the loser's bracket after Tuesday losses
Powered by WorldNow
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WRCB. All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. For information regarding WRCB Jobs/EEO please click here.