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Chipper on Braves spring competition : 'It's a free-for-all'

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Chipper Jones says this spring will be wide open for the Atlanta Braves.

''Guys need to know that this team and this organization are tired of the last few years,'' the former Braves star after Monday's first full-squad workout. ''We're a very proud organization. We went through a rough offseason with the changing of the (front office), but ... there's definitely a change in attitude. You see it in the way the coaching staff is putting together spring training.''

The 45-year-old Jones was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility this winter.