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Newest Hall of Famers Carry Records and Memories Into Cooperstown

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/sports/baseball/hall-of-fame-induction.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Chipper Jones was a minor leaguer when he first met Jim Thome. It was during a melee, Jones recalled on Sunday when both players were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

“What felt like the hand of God grabbed me by the throat, pinned me to the netting of the backstop and said, ‘Don’t move,’ ” Jones said from the induction stage. With the brawl still going, Thome turned to Jones and asked, “You done?” Yes, Jones told the brawnier Thome, he was done.

On a sun-splashed day at the Clark Sports Center a few minutes from the Hall of Fame, Jones and Thome were inducted along with Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Jack Morris and Alan Trammell.