Justin Upton – 24 Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 3/18/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Our Detroit Tigers 2016 Baseball Team!


• Justin Irvin Upton #8 Left Fielder
• Nickname: J-Up
• Born: 8/25/1987 in Norfolk, VA
• Draft: 2005, Arizona Diamondbacks, 1st rd. (1st overall)
• Debut: August 2, 2007
• Relationship(s): brother of Melvin Upton Jr.

Justin Irvin Upton…he and his wife, Ashley, reside in Scottsdale, AZ…graduated in 2005 from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA… as a senior in 2005, received national accolades as the Gatorade High School Player of the Year, a USA Today First-Team selection and a Baseball America High School All-American while also earning Virginia Player of the Year honors...Baseball America's "Rating the Best Tools" for the 2005 Draft preview issue tabbed him as the Best Athlete, Best Five-Tool Talent, Best Pure Hitter, Fastest Baserunner, Best Defensive Player and the Closest to the Majors among high school players...following his junior campaign, awarded the inaugural Jackie Robinson Award as the 2004 AFLAC National High School Player of the Year and named the Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year...played for Team USA's IBAF World Junior Championship Team in Taiwan and hit .417 in six games with four triples, a home run and five RBI...identified by Baseball America as the best 14-year-old and 15-year-old prospect in the nation in 2002 and 2003, respectively...was drafted No. 1 overall in by the Diamondbacks in the 2005 draft...his older brother, B.J., was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the second pick in the 2002 draft, making them the only brother combination to be selected as the No. 1 and No. 2 draft choices in different drafts…originally signed by Greg Lonigro (Diamondbacks).

Photo and info:
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=det

To enter Belle Isle State Park you will need either a Michigan State Park Passport or a day pass. Residents are $11.00 per year, non residence is $31.00 per year and the daily pass is $9.00 per day.
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