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Article: Justin Upton primed to make a big splash in the majors: with skills that far exceed his inexperience at the major league level. Arizona's rookie outfielder will only get better.
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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UPON JUSTIN UPTON'S APPROACH to the batter's box and introduction to the crowd, you half expect the plate umpire to card him, to check his driver's license for the date of birth: Not to make sure he's 21 or over, mind you.
To the contrary.
"He doesn't appear to be a 20-year-old," said Upton's manager with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Bob Melvin. "That's one of the reasons he was brought up to the big leagues at a young age, because he's beyond his years and could handle it if he didn't get off to a great start and had some failures."
Failures? Has he had any?
"Yeah," said Melvin. "I think he had an 0-for-1 in Cincinnati."
An exaggeration, sure, but not as ...