I’m a big fan of Chipper. I’m a really big fan…but just because he’s staying relatively healthy this year doesn’t mean his name should be in the media so much. First it was the spat with Smoltz, now it’s the New York media.

Chipper’s been in the game a while now. He bashes the Mets brains and he’s overly familiar with the Mets ballpark, but not their media? Did Chipper really think the reporters FROM New York would have something good to say about his comments the next day.

Dave O’Brien of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution has a story on Chipper’s latest fallout. Why couldn’t Chipper say “No comment” or “I’m not here to talk about anything other than the win today and the Braves” when asked about other players aka Bonds and A-Rod? That wouldn’t have gotten him into the situation he’s in.

If he used the “No Comment” line I could imagine that the worst it could have been was:
CHIPPER ON A-ROD: NO COMMENT
CHIPPER REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT A-ROD

If you read newspapers, you would have bought that newspaper with the headlines above, but you’d be pretty disappointed to realise there is no real story if Chipper really didn’t comment on A-Rod and the like.

But what’s done is done.  I always wondered what Chipper would be like if he played in New York or a place like Boston. There would be stories galore. But he’s a Brave and I’m glad for that. He needs to do one thing though: be quiet.