Chipper Jones feels healthy after his right knee plagued him last season and he isn't thinking at all about retirement.
"I sit here with three weeks to go before Spring Training and I'm not ready to say this is it," Jones said. "I still feel I can go out and play a solid third base, which I did last year. And I feel I can still be productive in the middle of the lineup, whether it's in the three-hole, five-hole, six-hole or whatever. It doesn't bother me where I hit.
"I think if I struggle with the knee injuries again and I'm not having fun and the team is struggling, I'll make that decision when it hits me. But as of right now, I'm signed through this year and I have an option for [2013]. I'm certainly going to take everything into account. But my body will tell me when it's time."
Jones is two months shy of his 40th birthday and in the last guaranteed year of his contract.
"I'll be 40 years old in April," Jones said. "There's no doubt there will be times when the body is going to wake up in the morning and say, 'Don't you even think about going on that field today.' I know that. I've got to listen [to my body] so I can play the next day. I'm not going to look a week or month or two months into the future. I'm just going to go one day at a time. If I can go out there, I'm going to go out there.
"As long as I stay healthy and I'm having fun, I'm going to keep it going."
Chipper Jones Isn't Thinking About Retirement, Could Play In 2013





