B.J. Upton
B.J. Upton
Melvin Emanuel Upton, Jr., formerly known as B. J. Upton, is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He has also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Atlanta Braves, and San Diego Padres...
anytime bit good guy help knows playing remember
I remember a little bit about his playing career. It's great. Anytime you can get help from a guy who knows as much as he does, it's good for you.
approach brought however might patient strike taken walks
I was always brought up to be patient at the plate. That's the approach I've always taken to hitting. That may be why he said that -- I take a lot of pitches. I might strike out 100 or however many times a year, but my walks to strikeouts about evens out.
ball coming kevin walking
Kevin told me while we were walking off the mound, ... He said, 'Ground ball coming to you right here.' He called it, and I got it.
build drastic revised took tried worked
He just kind of took what I had and what I've been doing and some of the little things I was doing, and he worked with them. It wasn't any drastic changes, it wasn't, 'Hey, you're doing this, this and this wrong.' It wasn't we're going to come in and redo everything. It was working with what I had and what I had tried to build on and just revised it a little bit.
couple game knew number stayed tough
He's pretty much had our number all season, ... We knew it was going to be a tough game with him on the mound, and we stayed in there and battled and got a couple of big hits.
intentions moving plan six wherever
I don't have any intentions of moving to third, outfield, wherever it may be. I plan on being in that six hole.