JUSTIN UPTON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Atlanta Braves News: Braves Play Hot and Cold
It has been almost a month since my last look-in on the Atlanta Braves, and since that April 24th loss to the Colorado Rockies the team has had its share of highlights as well as several games they would definitely like to forget. During this time the team has had twenty-two games and was able to post a respectable 10-12 record, leaving the team at 25-18 with a 2 game lead over the...
Three Cuts: Upton slam fuels Braves' win over Dodgers
ATLANTA Here are three things we learned from the Braves' 8-5 win over the Dodgers, a back-and-forth game that ultimately turned on a single power stroke:
1. Justin Upton apparently loves playing in the Braves' alternate reds
On April 5, the first Friday of the season, the Upton brothers made MLB history by becoming the first sibling pair to belt homers in the ninth inning...
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The Curious Case Of Justin Upton
Justin Upton is good, but not great. Over his career, Upton has been in the top ten of MVP voting once, named to two all-star teams, and won one silver slugger. But for some reason, people talk about him like he’s won five MVPs, has been named an all-star every year, and has won multiple silver slugger and gold glove awards. The Diamondbacks drafted Upton with the first overall...
Chopcast: Justin Upton brings power in return to Arizona
ATLANTA There have been and will be signs in the Chase Field bleachers this week professing the Diamondbacks fans miss Justin Upton in their own team's uniform, but it's hard to imagine they wanted to see the 25-year-old slugger play quite so well in his homecoming.
Upton, who went 4-for-5 with one home run in Game 1 of his return series, has immediately become the star...
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Dugout Digest - Upton's return
Justin Upton played his first game at Chase Field last night as a visitor. His new team (the Braves) smashed his old team (the Diamondbacks) 10-1. More telling was Upton's stat line: 4/5 with two runs, two RBI, a double, and a homer. Chris Johnson, who came to Atlanta with Upton in this winter's trade, went 3/4 with three RBI,, a double, and a homer. But it's not all...
Upton huge game in his return to Arizona
Justin Upton snapped a 14-game homerless drought and had four hits to help the Atlanta Braves rout the Diamondbacks 10-1 on Monday night in his return to Arizona.
Upton, the first overall pick by Arizona in the 2005 amateur draft, was playing his first game at Chase Field since the offseason trade that sent him and third baseman Chris Johnson to Atlanta in a seven-player deal.
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D-backs dealt third straight loss by Upton, Braves
PHOENIX (AP) -- Justin Upton snapped a 14-game homerless drought and had four hits to help the Braves rout the Diamondbacks 10-1 on Monday night in his return to Chase Field.
Upton, the first overall pick by Arizona in the 2005 amateur draft, was playing his first game in the desert since the offseason trade that sent him and third baseman Chris Johnson to Atlanta in a seven-player...
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Justin Upton homers vs. former mates
Justin Upton had a huge night in his return to Arizona with the Atlanta Braves.
Making his first trip to Chase Field as a visiting player, Upton homered and had four hits in Atlanta's 10-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Before the first pitch, he said his goal was to treat it like any other game. Turned out, it wasn't.
This three-game series against Arizona...
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Upton returns to Arizona in Braves uniform
Justin Upton felt a little strange entering the visitors' clubhouse at Chase Field.
That didn't dampen his excitement about returning to the place where he spent the first six seasons of his big league career.
Upton returned to Arizona with Atlanta on Monday night for the first time since the Diamondbacks traded him to the Braves.
A two-time All-Star, Upton was one of...
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