Former Atlanta Brave and NFLer Brian Jordan joined Casey Stern and Jim Bowden on their Sirius XM show on April 22 and called out Chipper Jones for his injuries. Jordan believes the 38-year-old Jones isn’t working out or stretching enough for a player of that age and says that’s why Chipper keeps getting hurt. You can listen to Jordan’s comments below and then read Chipper’s reaction. The beef is brewing.
David O’Brien at the AJC has Chipper Jones’ reaction to Jordan’s comments:
“Until I talk to B.J. I’m going to have to reserve judgment,” said Jones, who returned to the Braves’ lineup Sunday after leaving Saturday’s game with a sore right hip.
“B.J.’s not a switch-hitter, so he doesn’t go through the same things I do. B.J. doesn’t know what I do in the offseason, doesn’t see my workout regimen. He’s not in here 24/7.”
“Yeah, I mean, for somebody who missed three times as many games as I have over a shorter period of time, it’s a little….” Jones said, without finishing the thought.
“And the thing about it is, I stretched every day for five months, and chasing a fly ball still tore my hamstring when I was playing left field [in April 2004]. So to get on my stretching program or whatever he was commenting on, doesn’t make any sense.”
My first thought is that Jones and Jordan should fight it out, but with their history of injuries both of them would probably end up in the hospital without a single punch landing.
Jones surprised at Brian Jordan’s criticism of 3B [AJC]
