Sports: A Game Of Inches

We are four humble men who love sports, but hate sports commentary. Peter Gammons is our hero and John Madden is our enemy. If you were to ask us our purpose, our answer would be simple: "We are forever locked in Mortal Kombat for the souls of sports fans everywhere. Statistics are our science and 'the immeasurable character of men' is the obsolete religion of blind faith. Our job is to prove that God doesn't exist and that athletes are merely cold, metal machines with no hearts or souls."

A Reminder Of Just How Good Chipper Jones Is

With Chipper Jones out for the season with a torn ACL and having previously expressed a desire to retire after the 2010 season, Atlanta's mainstay at the hot corner for the last two decades may have played his last major league game. Chipper is a sure-fire first round hall of famer, but I just want to remind everyone of just how good he is. We all know Chipper is great, but I figured I'll share his greatness in visual form. Below (click to enlarge), courtesy of Fangraphs' WAR graphing system, is a WAR graph comparing the careers of third basemen Ron Santo (+79.3 WAR, 8th all time amongst 3B), Paul Moliter (+75.2 WAR, 10th all time amongst 3B), and George Brett (+91.6 WAR, 6th all time amongst 3B) to Chipper Jones (+85.0 WAR, 7th all time amongst 3B):