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Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy statistics during his nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was a country boy from small-town Pierson, Florida, who played baseball in the backyard with his dad and dreamed of the major leagues. With his tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Chipper, 1972- (Author)
Other Authors: Walton, Carroll R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Subjects:
Jones, Chipper, > 1972-
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Baseball players.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The last big play
  • Chip off the old block
  • "I got this"
  • The white elephant
  • Draft day
  • Carry a big stick
  • Major motivation
  • On the defensive
  • Showtime
  • Going deep
  • Our time
  • Raising the stakes
  • World series ghosts
  • Inside the clubhouse
  • The perks
  • Leading a double life
  • Coming clean
  • The worm has turned
  • Lar-ry
  • Playing the villain
  • A one-team guy
  • Tools and tricks of the trade
  • Teaching points
  • The end of an era
  • Walking off
  • Fireworks
  • Curtain calls.