ATLANTA – Chipper Jones will be back with the Braves in 2012.

The seven-time All-Star told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday that he would indeed be with the club next season, ending speculation that he would retire with a year left on his contract.

“I’m playing next year,” Jones told the AJC. “I still feel like I can go out there and play a good third base and be a threat, at least, at the plate. I’m having a good defensive year, and the [batting] average is on the rise.”

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