Chipper Jones News
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Singers, season-ticket holders, soldiers and second-basemen were among those honored this year with throwing the first pitch, a tradition that marks the opening of the baseball season in parks across America and Canada.
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Chipper Jones, an eight-time All- Star third baseman with the Atlanta Braves, will have his No. 10 jersey retired by the Major League Baseball team this summer.
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Seven-time All-Star third baseman Chipper Jones said he’ll retire at the end of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, ending a career played entirely for the Atlanta Braves that included a Most Valuable Player Award and a record streak of division titles.
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The St. Louis Cardinals will face the Washington Nationals, while the Baltimore Orioles meet the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball’s division series after wins in the sport’s first wild-card round.
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones may be out the rest of the season after injuring his left knee, MLB.com reported.
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The Washington Redskins won an appeals court ruling in its 17-year fight over whether trademarks on the National Football League franchise’s name should be canceled due to complaints from American Indians.
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Colorado righthander Ubaldo Jimenez threw his 100-mile-per-hour fastball past the Atlanta Braves last night to give his Rockies the first no-hitter in the team’s 18-year history.
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The New York Mets have offered third baseman David Wright a seven-year contract worth as much as $140 million, CBS Sports reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the talks.
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The Atlanta Braves acquired first baseman Derrek Lee from the Chicago Cubs, adding a veteran bat for the playoff push and helping to fill the gap left by Chipper Jones ’s season-ending knee injury.
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The New York Yankees failed to chalk up their first 11-game winning streak in almost 27 years with a 4-3 defeat to the visiting Atlanta Braves.
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