{"id":3372,"date":"2011-01-10T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2011-01-10T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:36:18","slug":"chipper-to-return-by-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/01\/10\/chipper-to-return-by-spring-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipper To Return By Spring Training?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Chipper went down last summer, I thought that was the end for the Braves legend, but it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-braves-blog\/2011\/01\/06\/updates-on-chipper-prado-kawakami\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-braves-blog\/2011\/01\/06\/updates-on-chipper-prado-kawakami\/', 'Chipper');\" target=\"_blank\">Chipper<\/a> has a good chance to return by Spring Training.  I just hope we do not see Chipper return too soon or see an aging star that is well past his playing days.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big part of the lineup, no question,\u201d Wren said. \u201cHe\u2019s not the Chipper Jones of his MVP year in \u201899, we know that. But he makes a difference, and we saw that in August and September after we lost him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Injuries decimated the Braves last year, but even a healthy Chipper may not be enough to overcome the Phillies in 2011.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Chipper went down last summer, I thought that was the end for the Braves legend, but it looks like Chipper has a good chance to return by Spring Training. I just hope we do not see Chipper return too soon or see an aging star that is well past his playing days. \u201cHe\u2019s a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/01\/10\/chipper-to-return-by-spring-training\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chipper To Return By Spring Training?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,61],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3373,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions\/3373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}