LaRoche gets advice from Chipper

Associated Press

Adam LaRoche and Chipper Jones have been close friends for years.

ATLANTA — He strolled into the Nationals clubhouse this afternoon, instantly recognizable even though he was in street clothes ... and in what has always been enemy territory at Turner Field.

Chipper Jones, though, no longer plays for the Braves. And given his longstanding friendship with Adam LaRoche, the future Hall of Famer didn't have to think twice about stopping by to give the Nationals first baseman some pointers how to snap out of one of the worst slumps of his career.

"I will always help a close friend if he asks," Jones later told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Mired in an 0-for-26 slump that includes 13 strikeouts, LaRoche sought assistance today from his former Braves teammate and one of his closest friends in baseball. The two spent more than 30