Chipper Jones is gonna restructure his contract to save the Braves 15 million over the next 3 years. Possibly 6 million next year alone. This lets Braves have a good chance of signing Furcal and Hoffman next year. Very excited.

11/17/2005 8:39:58 PM

Link?

11/17/2005 8:41:08 PM

great news to a bad night for me.

11/17/2005 8:41:28 PM

i love when players do things like this...its quite rare

11/17/2005 8:42:01 PM

http://www.ajc.com/braves/content/sports/braves/1105/18chipper.html

Hope it works, might be password protected.

11/17/2005 8:43:38 PM

CHIPPER I LUV U

11/17/2005 9:30:55 PM

What is sad is that this is the rare exception in today's society.

11/17/2005 10:16:58 PM

someones gonna do it

i don't wanna say what someone is gonna do

but i guaran-dam-tee you one of you will do it

and i'm waiting

11/17/2005 10:22:38 PM

so...

i guess we're gonna make a serious run at furcal now

11/17/2005 10:50:06 PM

i cant believe the player union is letting him do this

11/17/2005 10:51:08 PM

why would they object

11/17/2005 10:55:13 PM

If he agrees to it, and as long as he makes the minimum salary, it should be fine

11/17/2005 11:01:40 PM

So what if Furcal or Hoffman gets more dough than Chipper?

11/17/2005 11:04:18 PM

well

that's the plan

durr

11/18/2005 12:40:53 AM

Chipper wants to win a World Series, not make more money.
Bravo Chipper!

11/18/2005 12:49:23 AM

finally a grateful millionaire in professional sports

11/18/2005 12:57:45 AM

WOO HOO! Hopefully we can sign Furcal now!

Go Braves!

11/18/2005 2:18:16 AM

He cheated on his wife

11/18/2005 10:41:17 AM

Chipper is a gentleman

11/18/2005 11:10:48 AM

that white guy had to show class...

11/18/2005 12:01:14 PM

Quote :

"Chipper wants to win a World Series, not make more money. "

Well if that is the case then clearly he should have asked to be traded.

11/18/2005 12:02:09 PM

^He could ask to play for the Mets, but you know...

11/18/2005 1:01:48 PM

^ you gotta try a littler harder then that. I mean I realize my obvious troll should warrant a response but that was just weak..

He is smart. His option was vested at 450 plate appearances and he knows his body is breaking down. With this he GUARANTEED himself 22M dollars not pending PA from what I can tell. COrrect me if I'm wrong..

[Edited on November 18, 2005 at 1:26 PM. Reason : f]

11/18/2005 1:23:16 PM

Good team-first move by Chipper, even though I hate the braves. They could probably get hoffman now, but Furcal is gone.

11/18/2005 2:05:14 PM

I'd hate to go the mets. everyone who goes there jsut goes straight downhill. Look at Glavine, or Beltran,..if furcal goes there, he'll bat 170 and get caught stealing 80% of the time.

[Edited on November 18, 2005 at 2:05 PM. Reason : v]

11/18/2005 2:05:21 PM

ATTN: TWW

WOODFOOT WON THE FUCK OUT OF THIS THREAD

REGARDS,

MR. BAGEL

11/18/2005 2:11:53 PM

^^ No you wouldn't. They would give you the best contract and you'd be happy.

You're a moron if you think 1 year of Beltrans 7 means he is a bust too. People are allowed to have bad years.

[Edited on November 18, 2005 at 2:17 PM. Reason : f]

11/18/2005 2:15:38 PM

just wait

it will get better

sincerely

wood "when pizzas on a bagel" foot

11/18/2005 2:19:17 PM

Quote :

"You're a moron if you think 1 year playoff run of Beltrans 7 means he is a bust worth $119 million. People are allowed to have bad years good post seasons."

(That actually didn't work as well as I had hoped, but I already did all the formatting, so I couldn't not post it ).

[Edited on November 18, 2005 at 2:49 PM. Reason : .]

11/18/2005 2:49:34 PM

No, you're right. NO PLAYER is worth 119M. Not ARod, Pujols, and especially not Beltran.

He wasn't just a flash in the pan though. He is the ONLY player in MLB history to have the following numbers in his first 5 FULL major league seasons (his 2nd year he was injured and only played 1/2 the year):

At least 20 HRs, 100 RBIs, 100 R, 20 SB.. He is a good defensive CF, a great baserunner, and a complete player. He had a bad year. It's allowed...

11/18/2005 2:51:59 PM

^Pujols is about to trump that in a year. His numbers are just sick.

11/18/2005 3:00:04 PM