Chipper (Larry Wayne) Jones hits his 400th home run in his career. Chipper lead the Atlanta Braves to defeat the Florida Marlins, 7-5, in the finale of a four- game series at Turner Field. Raising Chipper’s major league-leading batting average to .418.
Chipper Jones has become the third switch-hitter to reach 400 home runs, behind such Hall Of Fame greats such as: Mickey Mantle (536) and Eddie Murray (504). Chipper 36 hope his health hold up so he shoot for 500 home runs. This would mean he would have to play for the next five or six years.
Larry Wayne (Chipper) Jones should feel very proud of his goals and the Hall of Fame company he keeps.
James Shields deliberately hits Coco Crisp in the second inning of Thursdays game. James Shields starter for Tampa Bay made the obvious mistake when he deliberately hit Coco Crisps of the Boston Red Socks with the baseball. Who says baseball is not exciting?
It looked as though Coco Crisps was just going to walk to base when threw off his baseball helmet, dropped his baseball bat and he charged the mound. James Shields took the first swing at Coco and missed. Coco’s swing did not miss however. Read the rest of this entry »
