Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Chipper in lineup on 40th birthday; Gearrin up | AJC - David O'Brien - Chipper Jones woke in the team hotel Tuesday on his 40th birthday with a sore – but not as sore – left knee. He said he read about 30 happy-birthday emails and texts. Slept some more. Woke and read about 30 more new emails and texts. “I’ve got a ton of friends out there, both inside and outside the game, that thought enough to say happy birthday,” he said. “And it’s appreciated.-- It’s not every day, or decade, that a teammate turns 40, so the Braves had a brief team meeting/party for the third baseman they affectionately call “Battleaxe.” They gave him a cake, which looked like one he might buy for one of his four young sons.
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