"Ballplayer" By Chipper Jones

[The Federalist Engineer]

Interesting read:

(1) Braves should have signed Kevin Brown, too many Brave hitters could not touch him
(2) Braves were too left-handed at the plate
(3) Sheffield was a great teammate
(4) David Justice was a true leader and helped develop Chipper
(5) Terry Pendelton was a great teammate
(6) Pedro Borbon will dance dirty with your wife, right in-front of you...now I know why he did not last in Atlanta
(7) Livan Hernandez' masterpiece in the NLCS was the worst strike zone Chipper ever saw
(8) Dion Sanders was a great teammate
(9) Tony Terasco was a 5-tool player, somehow did not become a MLB star
(10) A-Ball players live a Frat-House life that basically squanders the "life changing" Bonus money

Chipper insults all Bulldog fans when he refers to elite College Baseball schools in 1989. He does not mention MSU and we were top-3 at that time

[msstate7]

Forgive chipper... he was probably drunk

[BrunswickDawg]

Interesting read:

(1) Braves should have signed Kevin Brown, too many Brave hitters could not touch him - but with his roid issues, no way Schurholz signs him
(2) Braves were too left-handed at the plate - agree
(3) Sheffield was a great teammate - that was obvious. That's you had "Sheff's Chefs" in the outfield
(4) David Justice was a true leader and helped develop Chipper - Justice is still a punk ass bitch. How do you cheat on Halle Berry??
(5) Terry Pendelton was a great teammate - but a terrible 3B coach
(6) Pedro Borbon will dance dirty with your wife, right in-front of you...now I know why he did not last in Atlanta - I knew Chips wife at the time, I'm surprised he noticed from all the Hooter's girls he was doing
(7) Livan Hernandez' masterpiece in the NLCS was the worst strike zone Chipper ever saw - Chip still hates umps, and is right
(8) Dion Sanders was a great teammate - "Where's McCarver at??" Best post game ever.
(9) Tony Terasco was a 5-tool player, somehow did not become a MLB star - Without a "driver", those tools are useless
(10) A-Ball players live a Frat-House life that basically squanders the "life changing" Bonus money - I bet he had a quadraphonic Blaupunkt in his Vette

Chipper insults all Bulldog fans when he refers to elite College Baseball schools in 1989. He does not mention MSU and we were top-3 at that time - Well, we did have one of our best teams ever and missed Omaha, so......

Thanks for saving me $15 on iBooks.

[louisvilledawg]

I respect Chipper as a baseball player (and the fact that he named his kid Shea because he was the Mets daddy.)

But i dislike the guy as a person. He's just a (former) awful human.

[dawgday166]

I respect Chipper as a baseball player (and the fact that he named his kid Shea because he was the Mets daddy.)

But i absolutely loathe the guy as a person. He's just an awful human.

Why is he an awful human? He, like most of us, ain't perfect but awful seems to be a pretty large stretch to me.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

I respect Chipper as a baseball player (and the fact that he named his kid Shea because he was the Mets daddy.)

But i absolutely loathe the guy as a person. He's just an awful human.

Agreed why is he an awful human?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Cause he was a Brave. Go Cards.

[msstate7]

Agreed why is he an awful human?

Bc of his error in his final game (wildcard game vs cards). A decent human doesn't throw that ball away**

[Tbonewannabe]

Bc of his error in his final game (wildcard game vs cards). A decent human doesn't throw that ball away**

LOL. Seems to be a decent guy as long as you aren't married to him and expect him to lay off the trim.

[BrunswickDawg]

I respect Chipper as a baseball player (and the fact that he named his kid Shea because he was the Mets daddy.)

But i absolutely loathe the guy as a person. He's just an awful human.

He's a flawed man, just like all of us. I read a pretty long excerpt from the book, and he admits he was a terrible husband and father, but it is something he recognizes and has been determined to work on. He has a strong relationship with his ex-wives and all of his kids because of that work.

If you had handed almost any one of us on here the money and fame he had at 19, I dare say most of us would have made similar mistakes. His big mistake was buying a Vette and not a Porsche. But, I chalk that up to him being redneck from Florida, so I forgive him.

[Tbonewannabe]

He's a flawed man, just like all of us. I read a pretty long excerpt from the book, and he admits he was a terrible husband and father, but it is something he recognizes and has been determined to work on. He has a strong relationship with his ex-wives and all of his kids because of that work.

If you had handed almost any one of us on here the money and fame he had at 19, I dare say most of us would have made similar mistakes. His big mistake was buying a Vette and not a Porsche. But, I chalk that up to him being redneck from Florida, so I forgive him.

Vette attracts the white trash strange where a Porsche attracts a straight up gold digger. Whichever you prefer I guess.