"Those speculating that Chipper Jones might opt out of the All-Star game to rest his sore knee or have it repaired via arthroscopic surgery, forget it.

The Braves' 39-year-old third baseman is on his seventh and possibly last All-Star team, and will take his family to Phoenix to enjoy all the festivities surrounding and including Tuesday's game. He has no plans to pull out of the game.

"My whole family is going – my kids, my parents, my wife," he said. "So I don't want to just go out there and not do anything."

Jones was back in the lineup Tuesday against Colorado, after having a cortisone shot Sunday and missing Monday's series opener against the Rockies."