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ST. LOUIS -- Troy Tulowitzki belongs on the baseball field. Whether a product of self-determination or God-given talent or a little of both, he was made to play shortstop. Where other shortstops simply take their position on the field, Tulowitzki bec...

The last time Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ryan Madson threw a pitch in a big league regular-season game was late September 2011, in the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves. Madson retired Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman witho...

The last time Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ryan Madson threw a pitch in a big league regular season game was the last Wednesday of September 2011, in the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves. Madson retired Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla and Freddie...

Blog | May 17, 2013

They yell. They whisper. They talk (sometimes to themselves). But what do major league players actually hear on the field in the heat of the action?

Bobby Abreu, a budding entrepreneur in his native Venezuela, has decided not to play baseball this season but will seek to return to the game in 2014.

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TAMPA, Fla. -- After hearing of Brian Cashman's interest, Chipper Jones' agent, BB Abbott, said his client got a chuckle out of it. Abbott said if Jones ever considered a short list of teams for a return, the Yankees would be on it. Ultimately, th...

Yankees GM Brian Cashman has had conversations with the agents for first baseman Derrek Lee and third baseman Scott Rolen and also asked reporters to put the word out on Twitter that he is interested in talking to Chipper Jones.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- His old corner locker belongs to Dan Uggla now. His old, hallowed No. 4 spot in the lineup is occupied by Freddie Freeman now. So for the 2013 Atlanta Braves, the world continues to spin. And life goes on. Even life aft...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: Only a few more days of tedious activity, then games get under way. The Mets have an intrasquad game Friday. They then open Grapefruit League play Saturday, with Shaun Marcum and Zack Wheeler on the mound again...

The Atlanta Braves will retire Chipper Jones' number and induct him into the team's hall of fame on June 28.

Chipper Jones hears the talk, the whispers, the rumblings out there that if the Atlanta Braves need him in June, he's a poetic comeback story waiting to happen. His response Monday to that kind of talk: "It's not gonna happen."

The Boston Red Sox, a year removed from a spring that never once felt invigorating, are in a different mood this year. Also, will Chipper Jones get the itch? Buster Olney takes a look.

Blog | Conversation | February 15, 2013

Kevin Liles/US Presswire Chipper Jones is staying retired. During a weekend visit to New York, retired Chipper Jones said Saturday that he momentarily considered a comeback this offseason. "I love being on this stage," Jones said at the New ...

Coming off an injury-filled season in 2012, Brian McCann knows that he could be facing his final year with the hometown Braves.

Zachary Levine of Baseball Prospectus looks at the biggest holes created by departed free agents, and explains why those jilted teams will suffer.

Story | Conversation | January 14, 2013