Keeping Upton out of fear

If I were in favor of trading Justin Upton I would
probably stoop to the level of a high school sophomore who
tries to spice up their term paper with a cheesy
inspirational quote.

Something like…

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve
greatly.” -Robert F. Kennedy

or

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find
out how far they can go.” -T.S. Eliot

And my personal favorite,

“You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on
first.” -Frederick Wilcox

That’s IF I were in favor of trading Upton. I’m not.
Trading the mysterious and talented Mr. Upton would be an
incredible mistake for precisely the reason why I included
the quotes.

I wouldn’t make the trade out of fear of failure. Fear
that Upton’s emergence would happen for some other team.
That simply cannot happen and it would be foolish for the
D-backs to take that risk.

Maybe I can’t steal second with my foot on first but I’m
not getting thrown out either.

If you’re the Diamondbacks and you get this wrong, your
fan base would never forgive you for it. Josh Byrnes (did
I say Josh Byrnes-I meant Jeff Moorad) was never able to
live down the Eric Byrnes extension. Kevin Towers would
experience that wrath times ten if he were to trade Upton
just in time for Upton to blossom.

I just can’t see the bounty they’d receive in return as
worth the risk. Honestly I don’t think it’s even close.

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