Former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones honored the late Ozzy Osbourne Tuesday afternoon following his death.
Jones is linked to Osbourne due to the fact that his walk-up song throughout his career was “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne.
Jones shared a hilarious story involving “Crazy Train” on Twitter on Tuesday, while also telling Osborne to “rest easy.”
“Saddened to hear of the passing of Ozzy Osbourne today,“ Chipper Jones posted. ”I feel Ozzy and I will forever be linked due to his song, ‘Crazy Train’!
“Quick story….. Facing the Mets at home…. I walk to the plate and say ‘Hey Mike (Piazza), how’s it going?’ He says, ‘I’m doing fine Larry, but I hate this [expletive] song!’ I said, ‘ Well, get ready cuz ur gonna hear about 5 times today!’ Pretty funny ……Rest easy Ozzy!”
Jones spent all 19 of his MLB seasons with the Braves, before retiring in 2012. He hit .303 for his career, with 468 home runs and 1,623 RBIs.
The Florida native was an eight-time All-Star who helped the Braves win the 1995 World Series. He was named the National League MVP in 1999 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Jones always seemed to enjoy playing against the rival Mets, and in 245 career games against the Mets he hit .309 with 49 home runs and 159 RBIs.
Braves fans went wild as Jones walked to the plate with “Crazy Train” playing throughout his MLB career.
Jones was asked by WVTM several years back what memories come to mind when he hears the song. He shared a similar story about Piazza.
“Mike Piazza, oddly enough,” he said. “I would walk into the box and I’d be kind of digging in and I’d say, ‘What’s up, Michael?’ And he’d go, ‘How you doing, Larry?’
“And then ‘Crazy Train’ would come on and I could just hear him saying, ‘I hate that freakin’ song.’ So that one always made me smile when I think about him and his disdain for ‘Crazy Train.’”
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