This is one of the best (and certainly one of the most inspiring) fan signs from an MLB game this season — a woman who skipped chemo therapy to see Chipper Jones during one of his final appearances at Turner Field. ‘I skipped chemo to see Chipper.’ At no point should my learned snarkiness make you think this didn’t choke me the hell up and make me want to go outside and run around in the fields and appreciate life, but two questions:

1. Is that a good idea? Because, really, and
2. Chipper’s been around since 1993, was this your only shot at seeing him?

That’s my new screenplay, the story of a baseball fan who has been trying to see her favorite player play at home for two decades but keeps getting pulled out for emergencies and weddings and acts of nature, and it all builds to that final weekend of his career where she’s either got to bail on cancer treatment or miss seeing him forever.

Regardless, here’s to hoping Chipper Jones types “Chipper Jones” into Google and finds this picture, because if I was a 20-year millionaire, my hobby would be finding people who sincerely give a shit about my existence and making their lives happier. Baseball is awesome, and sometimes its fans are, too. Good luck, Chipper Sign Lady.

[original photo via @hgielatan, h/t to Last Angry Fan]

Yes, Chipper Jones Kiss Cam. Freddie Freeman is the new Roger McDowell, but with tongue. (via NESN)

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Brandon and I were trading emails yesterday, discussing our respective regional weather calamities (me = underwater, him = on fire), when he asked if I could help him out with a feature or a couple posts today. I responded, “I’ll try to do a feature if I see something worthwhile. I promise. If not I’ll probably end up doing something stupid like a series of five posts about my favorite Phillies players and what I think they smell like. (CHASE UTLEY SMELLS LIKE GRITS BEHCUZ HE’S GRITTY!)” I then went to bed laughing to myself about what a funny joke I just told, and tried to think about something that I could turn into a feature.

However, because Brandon is a delightful maniac, not only did he thank me for offering to help, he strongly encouraged me to follow through with my joke idea. So here we are. Instead of just doing Phillies, however, I’ve branched out to cover the whole major leagues. This is easily the stupidest and/or best thing I’ve ever done.

[Ed. note -- Be sure to tell us what you think players who didn't make Danger's list probably smell like in the comments section. The best one wins a prize, which will probably be scratch-n-sniff stickers]

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Chipper Jones has played over 2,000 games in the bigs, all with the Atlanta Braves. But that appears to be all over now. Jones, who turned 38 in April, tore his ACL and is out for the year, and possibly forever.

The future Hall of Fame third baseman was injured while making an awesome cross-the-field play in Houston on Tuesday. It’s the same knee that Chipper tore up during his rookie season in 1994.–Big League Stew.

I have a hard time feeling sorry for a guy that enjoyed a major league career that spanned 18 years. His contract runs through 2012, but the R-word has been floating over Jones quite a bit this season. Jones’ career average of .306 is pretty GD good; one has to wonder what else he could possibly do at this level. Besides plow another waitress from Hooters. Oh, I’m sorry. Is your family still not laughing at that yet?

"Saint Andrew's Net" is With Leather's daily link dump, written by the bane of respectable journos and scrupulous primates alike, Michael Tunison. Expect sports and tits.

• The Angry T has a retrospective of the 25 worst athlete ads ever. I don't care if it was fake, the Gheorghe Muresan cologne ad belongs in there. 
• Vegas Watch places odds on Chipper Jones batting .400 based on plate appearances. How about based on the number of bags under his eyes? He's got a few.
• Josh Q. Public has the video of the headbutt and flop by Man U's Nani. Does a Ginobili proud.
• Joe Sports Fan honors the men that made historic home runs possible . Can't we honor biker chicks and cowgirls instead?
• FANartisch has footage of a goalie own-goal with a crossbar assist. Shades of this? 

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