Andruw Jones continues to be a compelling candidate for the Hall of Fame, and his ex-teammate, Chipper Jones, says it's time for Andruw to be inducted.
One year after asking fellow Curacao native Andruw Jones to help him land a deal with the Braves, Jurickson Profar will realize a childhood dream. “Every Wednesday, they were putting the Braves games on TV in Curacao,
Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones firmly made clear that he believes Andruw Jones should be in the Hall of Fame.
At the very least, there will be a former Brave heading to the Hall of Fame. Closer Billy Wagner spent his final season in Atlanta in 2010. He’s certainly going in as an Astros but the Braves could choose to include him in the upcoming festivities because of they’ll be included on his plaque.
The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to the one traveled by former Braves closer Billy Wagner, one of the baseball’s new Hall of Famers.
Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones can't believe Andruw Jones getting rejected for Hall of Fame over the years. Jones once again came up shy in Hall of Fame voting, receiving a 61.
Chipper Jones has a bone to pick with Baseball Hall of Fame voters. The longtime Braves star and Mets villain, who was enshrined in Cooperstown in 2018, took to X to complain about his former teammate, center fielder Andruw Jones, not getting elected in his eighth year on the ballot.
It's clear that if Chipper Jones had a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, his former Atlanta Braves teammate Andruw Jones would have been on his ballot. Chipper wouldn't be the most unbiased ...
Andruw Jones, the iconic former Braves center fielder, was not elected to the Hall of Fame in his eighth year on the ballot. His gains suggest he could be inducted in either of the next two years, but he’ll need a bump in support.
Voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame is a privilege. Also a pain. No Hall of Fame and maybe nothing short of Jordan vs. Lebron talk seems to elicit more debate in sports than baseball Hall of Fame talk. I blame Pete Rose. And steroids.
After pretending he was Andruw Jones or Chipper Jones in backyard games as a kid, Profar will be the Braves' everyday left fielder.
ATLANTA — A new leg kick helped make Jurickson Profar a first-time All-Star at 31 with San Diego. That important tweak to his swing also helped lead Profar to Atlanta.