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Chipper Jones is scheduled to appear as the featured speaker at Georgia Tech's Baseball Dinner Feb. 9th. There is no signing, but I have heard that speakers sign after the event.
For Immediate Release
Georgia Tech Baseball
December 19, 2007
Annual Georgia Tech Baseball Benefit Dinner Set for Feb. 9
The featured speaker for the event will be Atlanta Braves third
baseman Chipper Jones
ATLANTA-The Georgia Tech baseball team will hold its Baseball Benefit
Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference
Center. The annual event will kick off the Yellow Jackets' 2008
season, which begins Feb. 22 in Atlanta, and features a keynote
speaker, dinner and both live and silent auctions in the hotel
ballroom.
Five-time all-star and two-time Silver Slugger third baseman Chipper
Jones will become the third current member of the Atlanta Braves to
address the attendees, joining teammates and past speakers Mark
Teixeira and John Smoltz as well as former general manager John
Schuerholz, when he serves as the keynote speaker for this year's
event.
Jones was the top overall pick in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft
and made his major league debut on Sep. 11, 1993, as the
second-youngest player in the league. After missing the 1994 season
with an injury, Jones led all major league rookies in runs scored,
RBI, games played and started, plate appearances and at-bats in 1995
and was named the Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. That same
season, he helped the Atlanta Braves to their first and only World
Series title.
Four years later the DeLand, Fla., native won the 1999 National League
MVP award after becoming the first player to hit over .300 (.319)
while slugging more than 40 home runs (45) and doubles (41), drawing
100 or more walks (126), notching at least 100 RBI (110) and runs
scored (116) and stealing more than 20 bases (25).
Over the last two seasons, Jones has steadily been setting new
milestones for the Atlanta Braves. On June 10, 2006, Jones became the
Atlanta's all-time RBI leader (1,144), passing former outfielder Dale
Murphy and moving into third on the franchise's all-time list
(including teams based in Boston and Milwaukee). The following month,
he recorded his 1,902nd hit, passing Hank Aaron to become Atlanta's
all-time leader. Jones went on to record his 2,000th career hit on
June 17, 2007, against Cleveland, approximately two weeks before he
tied and passed Murphy for first on the all-time Atlanta Braves home
run list, when he belted home runs No. 371 and 372 against the Dodgers
on July 5.
Jones finished the 2007 season second in the national league in
batting average (.337) and third in on base percentage (.425) and
slugging percentage (.604).
Jones continues a tradition of well-known baseball figures to speak at
the dinner. Major league stars Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek,
Teixeira and Smoltz, managers Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Jimy Williams,
and Sparky Anderson, general managers Cam Bonifay and Schuerholz, as
well as popular ESPN analyst Peter Gammons have been featured in the
past.
The 13th annual dinner and auction, with proceeds to benefit the
Georgia Tech baseball program, will begin at 6:30 p.m. with
registration, reception and silent auction. Dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m. The cost is $75 per person and $700 for a table of 10. In
addition to the dinner, auctions, and keynote speaker, attendees will
have a chance to meet the 2008 Georgia Tech baseball team.
For more information on the event or to RSVP, call or email Nick
Scherer (404.894.2261 / nscherer@athletics.gatech.edu
<mailto:nscherer@athletics.gatech.edu>) or Ethan Shapiro (404.894.5410
/ eshapiro@athletics.gatech.edu
<mailto:eshapiro@athletics.gatech.edu>) or send a check (payable to
GTAA) to:
Georgia Tech Athletic Association
Attn: GT Baseball Benefit Dinner
150 Bobby Dodd Way NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0455.
If mailing a check, please include the number of people attending, an
email address, a mailing address and daytime telephone number. Please
RSVP by Friday, February 1.
For Immediate Release
Georgia Tech Baseball
December 19, 2007
Annual Georgia Tech Baseball Benefit Dinner Set for Feb. 9
The featured speaker for the event will be Atlanta Braves third
baseman Chipper Jones
ATLANTA-The Georgia Tech baseball team will hold its Baseball Benefit
Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference
Center. The annual event will kick off the Yellow Jackets' 2008
season, which begins Feb. 22 in Atlanta, and features a keynote
speaker, dinner and both live and silent auctions in the hotel
ballroom.
Five-time all-star and two-time Silver Slugger third baseman Chipper
Jones will become the third current member of the Atlanta Braves to
address the attendees, joining teammates and past speakers Mark
Teixeira and John Smoltz as well as former general manager John
Schuerholz, when he serves as the keynote speaker for this year's
event.
Jones was the top overall pick in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft
and made his major league debut on Sep. 11, 1993, as the
second-youngest player in the league. After missing the 1994 season
with an injury, Jones led all major league rookies in runs scored,
RBI, games played and started, plate appearances and at-bats in 1995
and was named the Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. That same
season, he helped the Atlanta Braves to their first and only World
Series title.
Four years later the DeLand, Fla., native won the 1999 National League
MVP award after becoming the first player to hit over .300 (.319)
while slugging more than 40 home runs (45) and doubles (41), drawing
100 or more walks (126), notching at least 100 RBI (110) and runs
scored (116) and stealing more than 20 bases (25).
Over the last two seasons, Jones has steadily been setting new
milestones for the Atlanta Braves. On June 10, 2006, Jones became the
Atlanta's all-time RBI leader (1,144), passing former outfielder Dale
Murphy and moving into third on the franchise's all-time list
(including teams based in Boston and Milwaukee). The following month,
he recorded his 1,902nd hit, passing Hank Aaron to become Atlanta's
all-time leader. Jones went on to record his 2,000th career hit on
June 17, 2007, against Cleveland, approximately two weeks before he
tied and passed Murphy for first on the all-time Atlanta Braves home
run list, when he belted home runs No. 371 and 372 against the Dodgers
on July 5.
Jones finished the 2007 season second in the national league in
batting average (.337) and third in on base percentage (.425) and
slugging percentage (.604).
Jones continues a tradition of well-known baseball figures to speak at
the dinner. Major league stars Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek,
Teixeira and Smoltz, managers Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Jimy Williams,
and Sparky Anderson, general managers Cam Bonifay and Schuerholz, as
well as popular ESPN analyst Peter Gammons have been featured in the
past.
The 13th annual dinner and auction, with proceeds to benefit the
Georgia Tech baseball program, will begin at 6:30 p.m. with
registration, reception and silent auction. Dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m. The cost is $75 per person and $700 for a table of 10. In
addition to the dinner, auctions, and keynote speaker, attendees will
have a chance to meet the 2008 Georgia Tech baseball team.
For more information on the event or to RSVP, call or email Nick
Scherer (404.894.2261 / nscherer@athletics.gatech.edu
<mailto:nscherer@athletics.gatech.edu>) or Ethan Shapiro (404.894.5410
/ eshapiro@athletics.gatech.edu
<mailto:eshapiro@athletics.gatech.edu>) or send a check (payable to
GTAA) to:
Georgia Tech Athletic Association
Attn: GT Baseball Benefit Dinner
150 Bobby Dodd Way NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0455.
If mailing a check, please include the number of people attending, an
email address, a mailing address and daytime telephone number. Please
RSVP by Friday, February 1.
