Justin and B.J. Upton

[K-O-B]

BJ doesn't play hard

 

[Danie84]

Enters to the cover...Black Excellence

 

[#1 pick]

BJ doesn't play hard

There is some truth to this. but he does play hard when motivated.

 

[Czerka]

stop falling for the media nonsense that everytime a black player has a bad year its because they were lazy or didnt work hard

 

[Trip]

 

[#1 pick]

stop falling for the media nonsense that everytime a black player has a bad year its because they were lazy or didnt work hard

The numbers and gametape kinda back things up that Justin and B.J. didn't always give the best effort especially Justin but needless to say, Arizona and Tampa wasn't fully committed to either player.

 

[K-O-B]

There is some truth to this. but he does play hard when motivated.

He plays hard in the playoffs. I remember him destroying the sox in 08. Longoria always fought with him about his effort.

 

[N.Y. State of Mind]

Looks like I'll be rooting for the Braves as my secondary squad this season with all that black excellence in the outfield.

 

[#1 pick]

Looks like I'll be rooting for the Braves as my secondary squad this season with all that black excellence in the outfield.

I can't lie, I hate the Yankees but I cheered for them to win it all a couple years ago when they made it to the WS. Granderson and C.C. are those dudes.

 

[#1 pick]

He plays hard in the playoffs. I remember him destroying the sox in 08. Longoria always fought with him about his effort.

Upton didn't like Maddon and Maddon didn't like him. You gotta be great with personalities to coach the Upton's.

 

[mannyrs13]

good to see them both on the same team. free agents or traded? is heyward still with the braves?

 

[Captain Crunch]

Their up and coming in big numbers. It seems like a lot of the new stars are Black as well as the top draft picks. But some of those White boys are special like Bryce Harper and Mike Trout.

Co-sign, there's a good number of black players in the game, if you include the blacks from Latin America(Jorge Soler; Cespedes, Coco Crisp, Rafael Soriano, Aroldis Chapman, Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Starlin Marte, Elvus Andrus, and many others).

However if you wanna see blacks born in America; then look at some of the best players(Giancarlo Stanton, Matt Kemp, CC Sabathia, Andrew McCutchen, Jason Heyward, Jeter, Ian Desmond, Prince Fielder, Michael Bourn, and Curtis Granderson).

 

[Captain Crunch]

good to see them both on the same team. free agents or traded? is heyward still with the braves?

BJ signed w/ them in FA, while Justin was traded to there.
Heyward is still there, and he won't be a FA til 2016. It's amazing that the Braves have 3 black potential superstars covering the outfield, I wanna see how they play next year.

 

[#1 pick]

BJ signed w/ them in FA, while Justin was traded to there.
Heyward is still there, and he won't be a FA til 2016. It's amazing that the Braves have 3 black potential superstars covering the outfield, I wanna see how they play next year.

We need to lock up all three. They are the cornerstone of the franchise. We don't need to do them like Justice, Gant, and Deion.

 

[Reggie]

These cats have all the talent in the world and have the rare chance to get to play with their sibling. They should make it work and along with Heyward become a modern day Muderers Row.