Chipper Puts Retirement Talk on Hold

Published Jun. 17, 2010 7:03 p.m. ET

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By Bill Shanks
June 17, 2010

Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones told reporters at Turner Field today that he will not talk again about retirement or his future until the end of this season.

Any more talk of the r-word will be reserved until the end of the season," Jones said. "Somehow the cork got taken out. Well, I'm putting it back in right now.'

Reports surfaced Tuesday that Jones was contemplating an announcement on his future, and he said later that day he was working out some