"Chipper Jones will have the opportunity to remain with the Braves throughout his career. The Braves and Jones have agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension worth more than $40 million that includes an option for 2013. The Braves will announce the deal during a news conference at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex on Tuesday afternoon (MLB.com)."
You have to have a lot of respect for a guy who played his entire career with 1 team. The .364 batting average he recorded last year was so close to beating the .365 mark Mickey Mantle recorded while setting the record for switch-hitters in 1957. There are a lot of concerns for me here though, as he is only averaging 124 games over the past three seasons, and he is now 41 years old. Still, I have a lot of respect for this move, and I think it is extremely classy of this organization to let him play out his career with the Braves (though $40 million is a lot).
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