Chipper Jones hit his 300th career home run on Monday night, connecting in the Atlanta Braves’ game at San Diego. Jones became the fourth player in Braves’ franchise history to reach the 300-homer mark. The others are Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Dale Murphy.
Lift off
Top home-run ballparks, not counting Monday’s games:
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Park / Team / Homers
1. Citizens Bank Park (Phillies), 182
2. U.S. Cellular Field (White Sox), 181
3. Coors Field (Rockies), 176
4. Wrigley Field (Cubs), 163
5. Yankee Stadium (Yankees), 158
Source: MLB.com
Put your hands together
If you’re attention wasn’t already wrapped up in football you’d put your hands together for baseball’s players of the week for the week ending Monday: Baltimore’s Brian Roberts and Montreal’s Nick Johnson.
Wild-card races
Listen not to the critics, for there is no shame in a race for fourth place.
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NL / GB
San Francisco –
CUBS 0.5
San Diego 1
Florida 4.5
Philadelphia 5
AL / GB
Boston –
Texas –
Anaheim 0.5
Cleveland 3.5
SOX 5
