Charging the Mound: Panic Time on Upton?

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From: jeff@rotowire.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:29pm
To: "Christopher Liss"
Subject: Charging

The Diamondbacks are playing terribly right now - five games under .500, and just 10-16 at home. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are still out in front but are vulnerable right now, thanks to Matt Kemp's relapse of his hamstring injury, but they're still nine games out in front of the Diamondbacks. Justin Upton has had a miserable season, posting a .705 OPS before getting benched for the second time in four games Tuesday night. Against this backdrop, the team's managing general partner Ken Kendrick torched both Upton and Stephen Drew on a local radio station. I can get the criticism of Upton to a certain extent - he's the team's best player, or at least is supposed to be, and h

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