Posted on by Shannon Shark @metspolice

The Mets and Chippergate

WFAN producer Al Dukes talked to a Mets official this morning who told him the team intends to honor the retirement of Braves OF Chipper Jones, according to this report on WFAN.com.

“It was a conversation that went like this,” Dukes explained on air, “‘Will we acknowledge Chipper Jones’ career? Yes we will.’”

via MetsBlog.com | Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion.

This is red-hot on twitter right now, with your old buddy @metspolice upsetting a few folks.

I don’t want to honor Chipper. if fans choose to give a respectful clap fine. A video montage or something, hell no.

Now what does “will acknowledge” mean? Who knows. But it’s an off-day and everyone is bored so a made up controversy it is!

We’ll know it’s his last game. We can chant Larry.

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8 Replies to “The Mets and Chippergate”

  1. I’m more concerned with our 3B…everything I have read says a broken pinky is 4-6 weeks…even then you are not at full strength. That would mean certain DL trip…why are they hesitating? Is there some “minor” fracture that requires 2 days?

      1. It’s Steve D guys. I’m surprised he hasn’t corrected himself 3 times in the same thread already.

    2. You’re on the wrong site for this hyperbolic nonsense, you want MetsBlog.com 

    3. Yes, there are, in fact, many different degrees of “broken” when it comes to fingers and parts thereof. If they’re not doing surgery or *making* him stay in a splint for a prescribed amount of time, then it’s most likely just a little fleck that pulled off where the ligaments attach, which will take care of itself (there are certain rules about the amount of separation and the angles involved that determine whether or not anything should to be done about it).

      Your average Joe on the street probably would’ve never even bothered seeing a doctor to discover such a fracture, just called it “jammed,” and went on about his business to no ill effect whatsoever.

  2. I have no problem with the Mets acknowledging Chipper.
    One of the classiest things I have ever seen in baseball was the Marlins players, coming out of the dugout, and joining the Florida crowd, applauding what was expected to be Roger Clemens final appearance during the 7th inning of game 6 of the ’03 World Series.

  3. The only tribute we should see should be the classy video montage Dave Howard and his team are readying for a certain visiting shortstop on April 24. 

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