Chipper Jones is a freakin’ superhero

By Jan 29, 2014, 7:44 AM EST
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Not many retired ballplayers live life as fully as Chipper Jones does. When he’s not delving into the JFK assassination, when he’s not solving pressing national problems with alligators, when he’s not getting into dustups with former teammates, when he’s not doing battle with the haters and when he’s not setting the woods on fire, he’s out doing search and rescue operations.

As most of you have seen by now, Atlanta has been paralyzed by an unusually harsh winter storm. Some may laugh at what three inches of snow has done to the highways there, but the fact is Atlanta and other southern cities have zero in the way of snow-removal equipment and most people there have little or no experience driving in winter weather. Combine that with some questionable bureaucratic decisions such as not closing schools and not declaring some form of snow emergency which would keep unnecessary vehicles off the roads, and the nightmare they’re currently experiencing is understandable.

Enter Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, who found himself stuck in that mess yesterday. He began tweeting about it:

Then enter Chipper Jones’ girlfriend:

Then Chipper Jones himself, basically being Batman:

Freeman got off the four-wheeler, brushed off the snow and then turned around to thank Chipper. But, of course, he was gone. Off to his next adventure. Or at least we hope.

Dodgers place pitcher Noah Syndergaard on injured list with no timetable for return

Associated PressJun 8, 2023, 9:19 PM EDT
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CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his right throwing hand.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the timetable for Syndergaard’s return is unknown despite the 15-day designation.

“The physical, the mental, the emotional part, as he’s talked about, has taken a toll on him,” Roberts said. “So, the ability to get him away from this. He left today to go back to Los Angeles to kind of get back to normalcy.”

Syndergaard allowed six runs and seven hits in three innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night, raising his ERA to 7.16.

Syndergaard (1-4) has surrendered at least five runs in three straight starts.

Syndergaard has been trying to return to the player he was before Tommy John surgery sidelined him for the better part of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roberts said Syndergaard will need at least “a few weeks” to both heal and get away from baseball and “reset.”

“I think searching and not being comfortable with where he was at in the moment is certainly evident in performance,” Roberts said. “So hopefully this time away will provide more clarity on who he is right now as a pitcher.

“Trying to perform when you’re searching at this level is extremely difficult. I applaud him from not running from it, but it’s still very difficult. Hopefully it can be a tale of two stories, two halves when he does come back.”