Comments on: Is This Your Retirement, Larry?

By: trs86

trs86 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:07:23 +0000

What a career. Exactly what we all hoped Wright would turn into but as did every team with their 3B. While you hated to see him come up and feared him with the bat or even the glove you always knew that you were watching a HOF.

By: trs86

trs86 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:05:49 +0000

Just thinking the same thing.

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:37:31 +0000

I think a Standing Ovation would put him off his game. He’s the guy that you boo, yell Larry Larry and then he smashes one over the fence – lolol

Hof’er whether he killed the Mets or not.

I would gladly pay him his due.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:49:22 +0000

He absolutely deserves a standing ovation.

He was a warrior and a rival that “gets it”….he never took anything personally.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:14:46 +0000

LOL Bobby has the best of both worlds right now…
Plenty of NYC media attention but none of the NY media to have to deal with on a daily basis!

The stories and quotes during the regular season series when those two should be quite entertaining!

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:07:40 +0000

Off Topic: LoL Bobby V puts the squeeze on in the 9th to tie the game 4-4 vs the Yanks. You gotta luv Bobby V.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:02:51 +0000

Yeah I don’t see how he doesn’t make the Hall…

By: Des

Des — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:58:41 +0000

Chipper has been a great ballplayer. No asterisk or other comment needed. I wish him the best. He deserves it.

By: srt

srt — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:41:07 +0000

I’d give him a standing ovation if I was going to be at that game.
First, because Finally.
Second, because he deserves it.

Hated him as a rival for so long but in recent years, have come to begrudingly respect him and his talent as well.

I expect the chants of LARRY to be long and loud at Citi this year. It’s the last season we can enjoy doing so.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:13:14 +0000

Thanks for the response. You just made the case for his HOF candidacy. What a tremendous career. I remember he was hurt a lot in the minors, missed lots of time his rookie year, and even missed all of his sophomore year like Ike Davis just did. He missed so much time that he was still eligible for Rookie of Year award in his third official season. He was a force to be reckoned with after that.

By: Ed Leyro

Ed Leyro — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:58:35 +0000

Actually, Chipper Jones drove in tons of runs against every team in the NL East. I probably should have included this in my piece, but here is how he stacks up against the other teams in the division:

vs. Marlins: .299, 45 doubles, 40 HR, 161 RBI in 834 at-bats.
vs. Phillies: .332, 68 doubles, 46 HR, 144 RBI in 797 at-bats.
vs. Expos/Nats: .298, 60 doubles, 40 HR, 154 RBI in 905 at-bats.

He had a higher batting average and more extra-base hits against the Phillies than he did against the Mets in fewer at-bats! And people just talk about his dominance over the Mets when he really dominated every team in the division.

By: Satish Ram

Satish Ram — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:54:01 +0000

Excellent piece, Ed.

At least for me, you hit the nail on the head. I boo Rollins/Utley/Hamels because frankly, I dislike them on and off the field.

Players like Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones are an example of something I have mentioned with my friends before – If I boo, it’s because they’re excellent players.

I don’t have to like them because they play for my rivals, but I know a great player when I see one.

As much as he killed us, he deserves a standing ovation at Citi Field when we see him last and it’ll be over there – at least until he gets inducted into the Hall.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:53:29 +0000

And what a clutch hitter he was against the Mets. In 812 career at-bats versus New York, Jones hit .318 with 48 HR and 154 RBI. Only Hall of Famers Willie Stargell (60) and Mike Schmidt (49) hit more career home runs against the Mets than Chipper Jones.

154 RBIs against one team in the years after expansion has to be some sort of record. This guy absolutely dominated us. Still, I never hated the guy no matter how any times he broke my heart. Rather I always wished we had a third baseman like him.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:48:30 +0000

Oh man to think I saw him when he came up as a rookie and now he will be retiring at the end of the year makes me feel old.