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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Garrett Atkins lives in the margins. His value is measured in numbers, not in front of cameras. Not since high school, he admitted, has he been the best player on his team.
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Happy Mother's Day! It's a pink Sunday as Major League Baseball goes to bat against breast cancer. Garrett Atkins' mother, Diana, beat cancer, and 14 years later she's still going strong. Garrett couldn't feel better : "I'm definitely blessed," he [Atkins] said. "I still get to have her around. A lot of people lose their moms or their sisters or loved ones when something...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Garrett Atkins, one of the game's most unappreciated sluggers, continues to sizzle. He has more hits than any big-leaguer since April 16 and extended his hitting streak to nine games with a fourth-inning single. Atkins, who has started every game this season, has hits in 23 of his last 24 games overall.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Not even reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy could bail out the staggering Padres. Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe hit consecutive bases-loaded singles off Peavy in the sixth inning Friday night and the Rockies won 4-2 in San Diego to send the Padres...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Not even reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy could bail out the staggering San Diego Padres. Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe hit consecutive bases-loaded singles off Peavy (4-2) in the sixth inning Friday night and the Colorado Rockies won 4-2 to send...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Lack of offensive execution has been the Rockies' albatross much of the season, but not Thursday. In the fourth inning, Garrett Atkins and Ryan Spilborghs produced back-to-back, base-loaded sacrifice flies. True, they didn't come through with enormous hits, but they did produce runs in the clutch. After hitting just one sacrifice fly in their first 27 games, the Rockies have five in the...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
ESPN's Buster Olney makes a point to say that this trade idea is pure speculation rather than anything he's heard. Still worth discussing. Here it is: If Colorado eventually turns the page on 2008, the Indians and the Rockies could match up well in a deal built around Garrett Atkins. The Rockies have a third baseman waiting in the wings, in Ian Stewart -- although he is not faring well...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Dr. Robert Atkins invented a low-carbohydrate diet plan which is followed by many throughout the world. I'm not sure if Colorado Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins is related to the aforementioned physician or even follows the eating structure, but he is feeding off the opposition at a rapid pace.
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Omar Quintanilla may have to compete with Garrett Atkins for playing time at second after last night, but nonetheless Q gets one more shot at showing he's more than just a very good AAA player that can't make the jump to the MLB level. Fortunately for Q, perhaps, but a little more troubling for the rest of us is the fact that he actually figures to get a lot of PT with both Troy Tulowitzki...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Garrett Atkins should consider going to bat with a cape. He has played the role of superhero for the Rockies. Tuesday, he extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active skein in the major leagues. And he shifted from third base to second in the first inning after Troy Tulowitzki's injury and successfully handled his first five chances, including a run-saving stab to his left...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Garrett Atkins should consider going to bat with a cape. He has played the role of superhero for the Rockies.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
Garrett Atkins was 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored, as the Colorado Rockies beat up on the Houston Astros, 11-5, in the opener of a three-game set.
