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Essay / Football, basketball and baseball: the evolution of...
In June 1990, the Atlanta Braves selected Chipper Jones with the first pick in the amateur draft. It was an event he will never forget and marked the accomplishment of a personal goal for Chipper. Bobby Cox was then general manager. Chipper went through the minor leagues with some ups and downs, but officially arrived in Atlanta in 1995, as the starting third baseman. Although he was drafted as a shortstop, the Braves organization moved Chipper to third while he was in the minors. It turned out to be the right decision. Of course, Chipper's arrival that year was capped off with a world championship later that season. Playing in the World Series is something he couldn't describe enough. All Chipper can say is that it was the most prestigious sporting achievement of his life. Until he saw his sons for the first time, Chipper thought it was the most important thing that had ever happened to him. Now he thinks differently (“Chipper