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"I'm definitely a little shyer than most, but once I get to know you, you get to see the real me," [B.J. Upton] says the next day, sitting in the Rays dugout. "I'm a laid-back guy. There's not much that gets to me, and if it does, you probably won't see it."

At the same time, he realizes his personality might cause people to judge him incorrectly: "I've heard the words arrogant, cocky — and that's not me. Me being shy is just the way I am.

"It gets judged on the baseball field, too," he continues. "Just because of the way I carry myself, some people say I'm lazy. I've heard that my whole life. Or I don't work hard, or I don't play hard sometimes. I can't help that I make some things look easier than they really are."

(Photo and article from St. Pete Times)

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