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Chipper Jones returned to Turner Field, probably to reminisce about all the balls he crushed out of it

There are only 26 games left at Turner Field, ever, before the Braves move to SunTrust Park for the 2017 season. Naturally, people who grew up with the Braves' dominant teams in the mid-90s and 2000s might return to the ballpark to say a proper goodbye. That even includes members of those dominant Braves teams, like a certain Larry Wayne Jones.
Turner Field was really, really good to Chipper. He played more than 1,100 games there. He hit 226 of his 468 career home runs there. He won the 1999 NL MVP Award there. He -- well, he didn't save Freddie Freeman specifically at Turner Field, but he definitely could've.
On Tuesday, Chipper returned to his old ballpark, taking a seat in the front row to watch the Braves' 5-3 loss to the Pirates and probably reminisce about his dominance there. Wouldn't you?

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