I apologize for this blog entry being so old.
Last Thursday night was Chipper Jones Bobblehead Night at
Turner Field in Atlanta when the Atlanta Braves took on the San Diego Padres.
33,157 fans showed up at the Ted to celebrate Jones’ career
and receive the nice souvenir, but they got a little extra treat that they
probably weren’t expecting.
The 40-year old future hall of fame third baseman had his 40th
career multi-homer game and his first of the 2012 season, his final year in
Major League Baseball. The two blasts by Jones led the Braves to a 6-0 win over
the Padres behind a stellar complete game shutout by starting pitcher Kris
Medlen, the first complete game shutout of his career.
Jones received a curtain call and standing ovation from the
crowd of Bravos fans for his exploits during the game. After the game he told
the media: ''If we have to make some silly bobblehead things to get people in
the stands, so be it. Keep doing it. We get motivated to play every night, but
there are certain nights when it's special, whether certain family members are
in the seats, or it's your birthday, or it's bobblehead night.'' (From Yahoo
Sports)
If a Chipper Jones bobblehead is what gets butts into the
seats at Turner Field (a place that’s often seen lackluster attendance) and
drives Chipper to hitting multiple homers every game that the Braves franchise
should produce CJ bobbleheads every night of the season.
Chipper Jones’ season stats as of tonight (August 22) are a
.311 average with 13 homers and 54 RBI. Jones has an outside chance of hitting
20 homers this season for the 15th time in his career. He hasn’t had
a 20-homer season since 2008 when he hit 22 homers and also won the National
League batting title.
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