  Together, the cities of this region band together under the
handle of Hampton Roads. It is an area familiar to Atlanta
sports fans as the cradle of Michael Vick and the address of his
notorious kennel.  But this place can birth the improbable as
well as the infamous. Here the brothers Upton, B.J. and Justin,
pitched tennis balls to each other as children, arguing over
every toss and every swing of the bat. Their parents were the
outriggers of their youth, stabilizers almost by design. They
grew up in an environment charged with baseball talent, like
Hampton Roads never saw before and has not seen since. They
could not have been better prepared for the job ahead, that of
odds-defying brother act.  One son making it to the majors is a
blessing, two an embarrassment of good fortune.  Brothers before
have done this. Some 100 by the count of the Baseball Almanac
have played on the same team at some point over the game’s long
history. But rarely, if ever, has family been paired on a single
lineup card along with