Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 09, 2008
Praise for the Uptons

It appears the Upton brothers make a good impression:

You begin to tire of it, really, all the marketing people whispering in your ear about how accommodating B.J. and Justin Upton are.

"They always show up on time."

"I'm not used to athletes being this polite."

"Not one complaint while they've been here. Not one."

It's sad that it's special when people do the right thing. Shouldn't punctuality and politeness be the norm? I sometimes get complimented when someone finds out I've been married for a long time, but that's normal for me. My parents and all their brothers and sisters were or are married forever. It shouldn't be special to be married a long time, or polite and helpful to people, or just plain civil. I'm glad the Uptons act this way, but I also hope we get to the day when that's not news.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:42 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Amen. It is a sad commentary on our society when simply doing what we should is noteworthy.

Posted by: largebill at November 9, 2008 03:41 PM

Not a huge fan of that analogy, unless you're equating one's marital status with one's civility(which I'm sure you're not).

Posted by: JC at November 9, 2008 06:03 PM

No, I'm equating the two. I just find it odd that others think it's something special to be married a long time, when that should be normal, just like civility.

Posted by: David Pinto at November 9, 2008 06:14 PM

Now if they could just teach B.J. to hustle 100% of the time they would have a fine upstanding young ballplayer...

Posted by: glenn at November 10, 2008 01:06 AM

Yep, I was thinking the same thing. A few Rays fans probably wish Upton would always show up at first base on time.

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