Atlanta's Chipper Jones

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One and done for Chipper Jones

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Chipper Jones has seen enough baseball history to recognize it when it hits him right
between the eye-black. His decision to retire is less about achy knees and diminished skills than an
acknowledgement that even fairy tales must end eventually. Jones still remembers how messy things got
when Tom Glavine and John Smoltz left Atlanta, and he vowed not to subject the Braves to what he calls the
same "PR nightmare" all over again.

But Jones did swap one inconvenient truth for another by calling it quits. Over the next six months, he'll be
free to visit parks throughout America without reporters coming over and grilling him on his baseball
future -- or feeling guilty when the questions spill over to his teammates.

Chipper Jones to retire after 2012 season - ESPN
 
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