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Future baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones has announced he is calling it quits after this season. He will leave behind a legacy that includes multiple division titles, a World Series ring and a .300+ lifetime batting average. He will also be remembered for his hitting ability from both sides of the plate. He is just one of 13 players to switch-hit for 250 or more home runs. Can you name them all?

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Chipper Jones looks like a pretty good No. 1 overall pick no matter which standard you use. When you consider Jeff George (NFL) and Derrick Coleman (NBA) were also No. 1 overall picks in 1990, well, Jones looks positively legendary. But on the day after Jones hit his 450th career home run, is he making a case as one of the best ever? Rank baseball's best third basemen.

• "Chipper better than Brett? I just don't t see it. Brett loses on reliability, never really amassing a long stretch of 150 games seasons. Other than that, I don't see an argument. Brett's 1975-81 seasons are historic, and there's nothing in Chipper's resume to approach them." -- SN commenter charles_worrall
• "Chipper Jones is the best offensive 3B of all time. I don't think Mike Schmidt ever hit .300 in his career, Chipper has a .300 career average. Also, for someone who hit for power, he never strikes out more than he walks. Chipper is one the few "sluggers" in the modern era that has never struck out 100 times in a season." -- SN commenter terrence0258

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It's been a pretty heavy week. Wimbledon got underway with its normal share of upsets, the United States stunned Spain in soccer and a bevy of NBA trades preceded a draft that saw Blake Griffin go No. 1 and Ricky Rubio slip. South Carolina lost, and then found, its wayward governor. And two entertainment legends passed away well before their time.

In other words, we need a breather. And few things in sports are as ultimately meaningless, or as simultaneously entertaining, as Hall of Fame debates in baseball.