Thursday, June 17, 2010

Chipper: Retirement decision will wait until offseason

Braves third baseman Chipper Jones just shot down reports that he has decided to retire, saying that any decision will wait until the offseason.

"Honestly, I have not made a decision either way. Obviously, we know which way I'm leaning," Jones said at a news conference at his locker.

"Somehow, the cork got taken out. I'm putting it back in."

He said he won't make a decision now because he doesn't want to take away from Bobby Cox's final season or distract teammates from a pennant chase.

"I'm on a first-place ballclub," he said. "I'm hitting third and playing third for a first-place ballclub, which is where I like to be. I'm going to focus on that and helping Bobby go out the right way.

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