Chipper Jones. Fantastic career, fantastic man, and the absolutely tremendous impact he had on and that's a drive by Castallenos to deep left field, and that'll make it 4-0.
@@jimk7882 , nahhhh ,,slow it down. He was out twice. Foot on the bag when he caught it,, then tagged it again before he got there!! It's Choppers last at bat, no one is going to make a fuss over the call!!
Chipper Jones was my late grandson's favorite baseball player ever. I loved watching Braves games with him to see his excitement when Jones made a play or came to.bat. I miss that...a lot...
I grew up a Mets fan and I hated Chipper, but in a good way. He always knew how to beat us but I always secretly hoped he would be a Met before he retired. He is one of the best ballplayers I have ever seen and I wish him a happy retirement 👍
I have that feeling about Scherzer as a Mets fan lol. He's 1000% my favorite pitcher to watch cause he's so intense and treats every pitch like the game is on the line. Never woulda thought he'd become a Met
LMAO! Always used to laugh about how dumb it was y’all calling him Larry as an insult. He said he only didn’t go by it because it’s his Dad’s name but he likes the name. The irony being he is a grown man going by Chipper and y’all keyed on Larry. Piazza was a total gamer. Half wild and reckless. Couldn’t throw to second to save his life but had to “hate” the guy too. It was a fun rivalry. Other than when Farva (Rocker) had to open his big mouth. I’m super stoked we finally got another one and hope the Mets never do!!
Kinda of a strange comment. You should have a passion and drive for whatever you enjoy. And try to become better at it everyday. You should never want what someone else has. You have all you’ll ever need
I lived in Atlanta at the time of the game and I am a huge cardinal fan. I even got up and gave him respect. I respect his game and his loyalty to the Atlanta braves. It was emotional for everyone
I was at one of the NLDS games this season against the Brewers and Chipper was sitting right underneath us (he was behind home, we were in the Infiniti Club). A ball was popped foul right to Chipper, like RIGHT AT HIM, and he dropped it. The whole stadium laughs our asses off including Chip. Great guy with a sense of humor!
Of course he was out. Everyone knew he was out, but no one was going to throw a fit in his last AB. But players like chipper, Jeter, etc… get the respect they deserve in that situation
With 2 outs and down 3, any coach with a brain isn't going to do anything risky with a lead base runner. In that situation, you treat the runner conservatively because you MUST have him score safely to extend the game. It's all risk and no reward being cute on the basepath with that runner. So with that in mind, coupled with the possibility of extra innings, not burning your starter is the call almost any good coach would make.
@@alexdaniel3530 I'm aware of that, but a fast runner is less likely to be forced at one of the bases than a slower one. In most cases i wouldn' t make that change, but since this was Chipper's last game, it would have been fitting.
@@uncleleo7637 So let me get this straight. You think it would be "fitting" to pull a super competitive, 18 year starter, first ballot hall of famer out of a winner take-all PLAYOFF game in the bottom of the 9th inning to make a substitution that really doesn't make any sense. When the game is within imagination of winning or at least extending. Just so he can get a standing ovation?? 😳😳
@@alexdaniel3530 okay, I checked it out. This was a wild card sudden death game. It wouldn't have been appropriate to do that in this situation. I thought it was the last regular season game of the year where most of the time it doesn't matter. I stand corrected!
Fun fact: In Craig Biggios final career at bat he grounded out to chipper at 3rd base. Chipper said after the game that he tried to field it slow and let Craig get on in his final AB but years of muscle memory took over and he got the ball to first too quickly.
I think it was a classy way to hide the "we didn't want his last at bat to be an out." To overthrow a routine out like that and to make it not look intentional.
It was a terrible play by descalso. Why didn’t he take his time? It’s not like Ricky Henderson in his prime was running down the line. Descalso had all day to make a clean throw to first
Hated him with a passion growing up as a die hard Metsie right along with Jeter. Seen Larry more though on the opposite end of the diamond. And then when he named his kid Shea, ugh. But always respected him and his game. He got a standing ovation from me his last go around. Jeter too. Great Ball players, some of the best in history.
Chipper Jones, growing up I had a lot of Braves fans (I just followed Eckersley and Piazza, specifically) as friends. Greg Maddux, Dave Justice, John Smoltz, Tom Glavin... then there was friggin' Chipper Jones. Mad respect for Chipper, always came across as a class act, and a consistent and clutch talent. That Braves system was something to behold back then.
So many attempts to "botch" that play to give him a hit 😂 The off balance throw, the unnecessary pull off the bag, the "missed" foot swipe, the follow up foot tag, the blown call by the umpire. A gimme if there ever was one.
Was at this game. So sad to see us get burned in the first year of the one game wild card playoff. It really stung to see these cardinals win the World Series that year too. Under the previous year’s rules they wouldn’t have even made the playoffs and the Braves would have the wild card but oh well.
I loved baseball in these days. I loved that there was no replay, and actual judgment calls by the umps were accepted and not criticised and broken down from 50 different camera angles and super-duper slow motion. I do not feel the need for EVERYTHING in sports to be perfect. Replay is killing all sports imo.
Great guy, team mate, father, lead pipe cinch for the Hall of Fame. That hit was very close, but even as me being a Cardinal fan, I'll call it a base hit or maybe an error. Not sure how the official scorer ruled it, but it's not an out.
That probably would’ve been hit into the outfield if his bat didn’t break. That’s what it looked like to me. Even as a cardinals fan, I have always loved watching the braves as well. I loved watching Andruw and Chipper Jones play.
He was a good player to use for youth coaching at the time!! He was on second base when the outfield would catch a fly ball! In a interview he said,,, you never know!
I agree but they could never get it together when it counted. I used to watch with my grandad cuz he loved the braves and they always had a great team late 90s early 00s.
“Infield fly rule” ruined a sendoff for one of the games greats. We were there. To this day, I believe Chipper didn’t come out after the game and do a victory lap because he was disgusted by the call and the fans behavior. Chipper did the right thing and ended his career as a Brave. Mr. Freeman… Did not
Imagine your last at bat in the majors after an amazing career and not even running hard 😂 dawg was casually jogging down the line…. In the playoffs too
He was likely out. They did nothing but far away replays, any other time they would be so zoomed in you could see the threads in their pants. Plus it should have been ruled a throwing error on Descalso. I have nothing but respect for Chipper and the Braves.
I remember this. I thought he dogged it to first thinking he was out. He would’ve looked really foolish if there first baseman was able to get his foot back on the bag for Jones to be out. And because Chipper was just trotting he was almost able to do it
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Chipper Jones. Fantastic career, fantastic man, and the absolutely tremendous impact he had on and that's a drive by Castallenos to deep left field, and that'll make it 4-0.
What gives you bias to say he's a fantastic man? As a player sure you can say that, do you know chipper personally? If no then you can't say that.
@@spectralmuffin6487 Calm down Junior.
@@spectralmuffin6487 yeah I do, we all know him personally around here. You don't?
How many times did he cheat on his wife??? Great man indeed.
Relax, I was just making a joke about the serious things that were said when castellanos went deep. I'm not one to judge the quality of a man's life.
Something poetic, and somewhat sad about breaking your bat on your final swing as a big-league ballplayer. :(
He got an infield hit on a broken bat in his last All Star Game too
I wonder if those bats are in cards... 🤣
What’s poetic is that his final at bat was in another Braves postseason choke job
That bat died a hero.
It wasn’t his final AB. It was his final one at home. His last AB was a single on the road.
All fast balls and a purposefully missed call at first. That’s how you know he’s respected.
Reid Zitzelberg. Watch it again. The umpire actually got it right.
@@jimk7882 , nahhhh ,,slow it down. He was out twice. Foot on the bag when he caught it,, then tagged it again before he got there!! It's Choppers last at bat, no one is going to make a fuss over the call!!
All Jason motte ever threw was fastballs
Imagine the Braves came back lol
You don’t do that during an elimination game. Cardinals fans would have had the ump at his neck if they lost
Chipper Jones was my late grandson's favorite baseball player ever. I loved watching Braves games with him to see his excitement when Jones made a play or came to.bat. I miss that...a lot...
Chipper was my all time favorite. And I watched hundreds of games with my late grandpa. I too miss it a lot.
So sorry for your loss :(
Precious sir. Thank you for sharing.
I grew up a Mets fan and I hated Chipper, but in a good way. He always knew how to beat us but I always secretly hoped he would be a Met before he retired. He is one of the best ballplayers I have ever seen and I wish him a happy retirement 👍
Braves and Mets. I always enjoyed seeing those teams meet in the NLCS. You always knew that was going to be a good series.
I feel the same way about Jeter. I respect the hell outta him, but absolutely hated him at the same time.
I have that feeling about Scherzer as a Mets fan lol. He's 1000% my favorite pitcher to watch cause he's so intense and treats every pitch like the game is on the line. Never woulda thought he'd become a Met
As a yankees fan I feel the same way about degrom. Man is something else.
LMAO! Always used to laugh about how dumb it was y’all calling him Larry as an insult. He said he only didn’t go by it because it’s his Dad’s name but he likes the name. The irony being he is a grown man going by Chipper and y’all keyed on Larry.
Piazza was a total gamer. Half wild and reckless. Couldn’t throw to second to save his life but had to “hate” the guy too.
It was a fun rivalry. Other than when Farva (Rocker) had to open his big mouth.
I’m super stoked we finally got another one and hope the Mets never do!!
Chipper Jones reminds me of my childhood. This guy was a great switch hitter.
Top 3 switch hitter EVER.
In his head he’s probably sayin “yea that didn’t count”
Should've gotten a mulligan
One of the greatest switch hitter I’ve ever seen.
He was special!
I miss this era of baseball so much.
I miss him. Immensely. I wanted to be like him, still do in a way at 25. I want his drive
Not too late m8
Kinda of a strange comment. You should have a passion and drive for whatever you enjoy. And try to become better at it everyday. You should never want what someone else has. You have all you’ll ever need
@@2815Juan having an idol is normal
You’re welcome for ending his career. -the Cardinals
@@SG-tt9so lmao Matt Carpenter who?
His first mlb hit was also an infield hit.
I lived in Atlanta at the time of the game and I am a huge cardinal fan. I even got up and gave him respect. I respect his game and his loyalty to the Atlanta braves. It was emotional for everyone
Braves fan here, my favorite Braves of all times ...Hank, Dale and Chipper! (Freddie & Ronald are peeking in the horizon).....Go Bravos!
Never a Braves fan.., but as a baseball fan, always liked Chipper Jones...
Braves is America's team, please get boat ride to china if u no like Braves. Jump into lava if u no like Braves!
@@weatherphobia say goodbye to New England lmao
@@spppon26 New England doesn’t like anyone, including themselves
@@weatherphobia u sure it's not the Yankees?😂
@@jakegotcher3590 only dunkin donuts
Pretty fitting it was on TBS
I was at one of the NLDS games this season against the Brewers and Chipper was sitting right underneath us (he was behind home, we were in the Infiniti Club). A ball was popped foul right to Chipper, like RIGHT AT HIM, and he dropped it. The whole stadium laughs our asses off including Chip. Great guy with a sense of humor!
FYI. If you rewatch the video the first basemen did in fact tap the bag before chipper touched first base. ✅
the ump did not wanted his career to end on a ground out to 2B to end a wildcard game
Of course he was out. Everyone knew he was out, but no one was going to throw a fit in his last AB. But players like chipper, Jeter, etc… get the respect they deserve in that situation
Doesn’t matter, and things like this show why we need human umps. You might be right but cmon you gotta call that safe.
The last two minutes and fifty-five seconds of my childhood
No doubt man.
His last game is on TBS. Very fitting.
He was clearly out, but glad he got a hit for his last at bat😄
Chipper Jone and Dale Murphy, my 2 favorite players. One I watched as a kid, the other as an adult.
As someone who always wanted to play, this must be a very painful experience.
I was lucky enough to see him rake a blast in Atlanta at Turner Field even though the game was a loss to the Miami Marlins!
Rake a blast?
@@Plowboy42 hit a homerun I think is what he’s trying to say
@@eastonhenderson4120 indeed
that's a unique way to say homerun.
@@yankeesandmlbhighlights6161 I remember it was absolutely hammered! A no doubter!
As a braves fan my self and chipper jones as my favorite player of all time this is very special to me
My hero growing up.
If that were last year, there would’ve been a 30 minute review on that call.
Seems like the thing to do was replace him with a fast runner to pinch run so he could get a standing O coming off.
With 2 outs and down 3, any coach with a brain isn't going to do anything risky with a lead base runner. In that situation, you treat the runner conservatively because you MUST have him score safely to extend the game. It's all risk and no reward being cute on the basepath with that runner.
So with that in mind, coupled with the possibility of extra innings, not burning your starter is the call almost any good coach would make.
@@alexdaniel3530 I'm aware of that, but a fast runner is less likely to be forced at one of the bases than a slower one. In most cases i wouldn' t make that change, but since this was Chipper's last game, it would have been fitting.
@@uncleleo7637 So let me get this straight. You think it would be "fitting" to pull a super competitive, 18 year starter, first ballot hall of famer out of a winner take-all PLAYOFF game in the bottom of the 9th inning to make a substitution that really doesn't make any sense. When the game is within imagination of winning or at least extending. Just so he can get a standing ovation?? 😳😳
@@alexdaniel3530 that's how they do it with pitchers, like with Mariano Rivera
@@alexdaniel3530 okay, I checked it out. This was a wild card sudden death game. It wouldn't have been appropriate to do that in this situation. I thought it was the last regular season game of the year where most of the time it doesn't matter. I stand corrected!
Chipper loved playing against us at Shea so much he named his daughter Shea. Gotta respect him for that.
Fun fact: In Craig Biggios final career at bat he grounded out to chipper at 3rd base. Chipper said after the game that he tried to field it slow and let Craig get on in his final AB but years of muscle memory took over and he got the ball to first too quickly.
They definitely gave it to him. He was totally out. Ha ha. But who wants to make that call on a guy like Chipper’s last career AB?
it looks like that....the first base made one kind of error just to a talented and great brave guy like Chipper!!...
I think it was a classy way to hide the "we didn't want his last at bat to be an out." To overthrow a routine out like that and to make it not look intentional.
I think he was out. Imagine your last bat and you don’t run through the tape.
I saw chipper in Atlanta when I was watching the rays and braves game. I gave him a high five!
I grew up in the chipper era as a Braves fan. It was the one guy you always knew would give you .300 and solid defense.
He passed the torch to Freddie. Now let’s hope our first baseman stays 😢
'90 classic sports throwbacks!
This wasn't the 90's
There will never be another like him in the history of the Braves
Hands down my favorite player of all time…if you have a chance, read his book, it is very good
He was out, on a beautiful play by descalso but fair give away by the ump.
If he called him out he would’ve got pummeled by beer cans
It was a terrible play by descalso. Why didn’t he take his time? It’s not like Ricky Henderson in his prime was running down the line. Descalso had all day to make a clean throw to first
One of the games great legends
Chipper the Ripper - quite a talent
The goat of the mlb
the show
Not even the goat braves
Not even close
Hank is braves goat
@@Coronet_shop MLB Goat*
Good 90 down the line chipper, way to hustle!
players like Chipper are an excellent example of players that are liked no matter what team they play for.
I was in fact at this game when I was little and it was crazy
I was there. Such a sad but awesome day.
Legendary last hit with a cracked bat for Chipper!
He threw my son a baseball in the stands once.
As a Met fan I didn’t like Chipper Jones. I remember the taunts of Laaarrrryyy but as a baseball fan man what a ball player!
This is why you should always run hard to first 👍
Hated him with a passion growing up as a die hard Metsie right along with Jeter. Seen Larry more though on the opposite end of the diamond. And then when he named his kid Shea, ugh. But always respected him and his game. He got a standing ovation from me his last go around. Jeter too. Great Ball players, some of the best in history.
It definitely would have looked better if he would have hustled down the line. Charity base hit. Great career Larry!
Yeah, that was definitely charity. The throw beat him easily. How is the throw pulling the first basemen off the bag not an error lol
Chipper Jones, growing up I had a lot of Braves fans (I just followed Eckersley and Piazza, specifically) as friends. Greg Maddux, Dave Justice, John Smoltz, Tom Glavin... then there was friggin' Chipper Jones. Mad respect for Chipper, always came across as a class act, and a consistent and clutch talent. That Braves system was something to behold back then.
Back when Manfred and millennials didn’t screw up baseball. Miss those days
DEFINITELY A "CHIP" OFF THE OLD BLOCK,🥰
Goated
1st baseman deserved a oscar for that
Legend, looked up to em growing up, been a Braves fan since I was a youngin, I'm only 30 but def miss Chip
Was this the infamous infield (outfield) fly rule game?
That would be correct sir!
They cheated the Braves that was total bs
So many attempts to "botch" that play to give him a hit 😂
The off balance throw, the unnecessary pull off the bag,
the "missed" foot swipe, the follow up foot tag, the blown call by the umpire.
A gimme if there ever was one.
We share the same birthday. April 24th. Who else does? 🥳🥳
He worked that count hard but surprisingly he didn’t run hard down the line.
Was at this game. So sad to see us get burned in the first year of the one game wild card playoff. It really stung to see these cardinals win the World Series that year too. Under the previous year’s rules they wouldn’t have even made the playoffs and the Braves would have the wild card but oh well.
This is the year the Cardinals blew a 3-1 lead against the Giants.
The Giants won the World Series in 2012 with a sweep of the Tigers.
I loved baseball in these days. I loved that there was no replay, and actual judgment calls by the umps were accepted and not criticised and broken down from 50 different camera angles and super-duper slow motion. I do not feel the need for EVERYTHING in sports to be perfect. Replay is killing all sports imo.
He didn't run through the bag, regardless...thanks for the memories Chip
Great guy, team mate, father, lead pipe cinch for the Hall of Fame. That hit was very close, but even as me being a Cardinal fan, I'll call it a base hit or maybe an error. Not sure how the official scorer ruled it, but it's not an out.
Even tho chipper was out when he put his foot back he didn’t step on the bag because he would of stepped on his foot respect chipper man
That probably would’ve been hit into the outfield if his bat didn’t break. That’s what it looked like to me. Even as a cardinals fan, I have always loved watching the braves as well. I loved watching Andruw and Chipper Jones play.
Andruw's son is poised to be one of the top players selected in this upcoming draft.
They knew Chipper would be a star even before his rookie season.
Best switch hitter I ever seen. Not old enough to have seen Mantle or Rose play. But he is by far the best I ever seen and a all time great.
He was a good player to use for youth coaching at the time!! He was on second base when the outfield would catch a fly ball! In a interview he said,,, you never know!
Love how he didn't run out his hit. Chump
Watched him play in Richmond for AAA Braves. Still have his mint condition card somewhere.
That's that old skool braves batting strategy. Swing at everything & pray like hell.
Dang. Chip not even hustling down to first on his last AB
Greatest 3 base player ever
Mike Schmidt
He began it with an infield hit and ended it with an infield hit. WTG Chipper, you deserve to be a HOFer.
Great player
I saw his last game at Wrigley Field.
The man got to see the Braves fail in October one last time!
The ump gave him a gift in his final AB… the gift of not going out with the final out of a postseason series.
Notice the network didn't do slow-motion to show whether or not he was out.
He was clearly out,but this was before instant replay and managers couldn't challenge. So the call on the field remained.
Jones is the coolest
His final error earlier in the game was always a fond memory
The Braves also got cheated too
Really booking it down the line.
Good thing they didn’t have review challenges back then.
Chipper jones could’ve won another World Series ring
I agree but they could never get it together when it counted. I used to watch with my grandad cuz he loved the braves and they always had a great team late 90s early 00s.
Unless he's on the coaching staff he couldn't. What'd you mean? In 96 he should've had another but that's it.
@@johnwray393 they probably would’ve won it in 97
Why I wear number 10 still to this day!
LOL - that was a gift.
Best Braves player!! Even better than Hank Aaron .🚶♂️
A decade and World Championship later, and Sam Holbrook can still go straight to Hell. Chipper deserved a better finale.
“Infield fly rule” ruined a sendoff for one of the games greats. We were there. To this day, I believe Chipper didn’t come out after the game and do a victory lap because he was disgusted by the call and the fans behavior. Chipper did the right thing and ended his career as a Brave. Mr. Freeman… Did not
Charlie Hustle would be proud.
Imagine your last at bat in the majors after an amazing career and not even running hard 😂 dawg was casually jogging down the line…. In the playoffs too
Chipper is one of the greats, but he was clearly out twice on that play lol.
He was likely out. They did nothing but far away replays, any other time they would be so zoomed in you could see the threads in their pants. Plus it should have been ruled a throwing error on Descalso. I have nothing but respect for Chipper and the Braves.
Chipper joins chips his bat in last AB
Class
Today, this at-bat would've taken twice as long, and they would've reviewed the play for 90 seconds.
@@IcyTorment For me, it's not even worth it lol.
I remember this. I thought he dogged it to first thinking he was out. He would’ve looked really foolish if there first baseman was able to get his foot back on the bag for Jones to be out. And because Chipper was just trotting he was almost able to do it
Just another millionaire name that’s turned to dust
Just imagine his salary 2022.Worth every penny.
I was at this game.