The biggest newsmaker of the baseball day answers on the second ring. He laughs as he takes the call. Yes, this is a good time. And yes, I am referring to him correctly: The former athlete formerly known as Melvin Emmanuel Upton Jr., then as Bossman Junior, then as B.J., then as Melvin has decided to return to the name under which he became an MLB star, B.J. Upton.
A month after the Mariners announced that Safeco Field would now be known as T-Mobile Park and five days after the Giants redubbed AT&T Park Oracle Park, Upton announced his own transfer of naming rights.