Chipper Jones

Chipper Jones played for the Atlanta Braves from 1993-2012, retiring with 468 career home runs. (Rob Carr/AP photo)

Add former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones to the list of celebrities who said something dumb on Twitter.

Seems that Jones implied in a tweet Friday afternoon that the Sandy Hook shooting, in which 20 children and six staff members were killed at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012, never really happened.

Jones has deleted the tweet, but one fellow Twitter user preserved it with a screenshot:

Seems Chipper won't need a Braves hat for his HOF bust, but a tinfoil one... pic.twitter.com/uXLT0hRgYX — David S. Pumpkins (@dksouthorn) February 7, 2015

Jones tweeted out an apology on Saturday afternoon:

My apologies for my Sandy Hook tweet yest. I had heard something from someone which I thought to be credible and tweeted w/out researching. — Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) February 7, 2015

It was irresponsible of me to do that and will not happen again. Please accept my heartfelt apology to those who were hurt or offended. — Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) February 7, 2015

Before his apology, Jones drew a pretty strong reaction from fellow Twitter users:

I like that Chipper Jones tweeted the most moronic and offensive thing possible, then just went back to casually tweeting about whatever. — Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) February 7, 2015

Not seeing any remorse from @RealCJ10 on his timeline re his hurtful, insensitive, obscene truther garbage. But hey how 'bout them Hawks!! — Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) February 7, 2015

That moment when your timeline is astounded by a @RealCJ10 tweet, only it's deleted, and you don't know what the fuss is about, and then WOW — Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) February 7, 2015

Lay off the crack pipe, Chipper. http://t.co/ipDo8tRGW5 — Dave O (@daveo933) February 7, 2015

.@RealCJ10 Do any of your buddies at the FBI know if Tupac is alive? Or where Jimmy Hoffa’s body might be buried? Please tweet about it. — Marco (@saysmarco00) February 7, 2015

@RealCJ10 defend yourself, don't pretend it didnt happen, pathetic — Tony Baloney (@Lick_my_Pic) February 7, 2015

Just saw the Chipper Jones tweet. So disheartening that a human being could actually think that. — Casey Feeney (@caseyfeeney66) February 7, 2015

Jones played for the Braves from 1993-2012, earning eight All-Star berths and the 1999 National MVP award. He's considered a shoo-in for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame when he's eligible in 2018 ... assuming he doesn't continue to put his foot in his mouth.