Garrett Atkins is an infielder in major league baseball. He's a third baseman for the Colorado Rockies and wears number 27. He is managed by Clint Hurdle.
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - The Colorado Rockies clinched a playoff berth on Thursday after their 9-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers sealed at least a wild card place. The Rockies are two games behind National League West leaders Los Angeles and could take the title by sweeping the Dodgers in a three-game series between them beginning on Friday. Colorado starter Aaron Cook pitched eight innings and gave up one run on four hits, while Garrett Atkins had three RBIs to help the Rockies... Read Full Story
A week into the season, Ryan Church was raking doubles and Daniel Murphy was the new hotness. Five weeks later, Mets fans are looking at a much different scenario. Church has seemingly fallen out of favor with Jerry Manuel and Murphy has been unacceptably bad in left field.
Daniel Murphy hasn't done it with the bat or glove so far
Many thought that Manuel would use Murphy to spell Delgado at first base and potentially groom him for a future at the position. However, that hasn’t happened... Read Full Story
Garrett Atkins had three hits and two RBIs, Jason Hammel remained unbeaten in June and the Colorado Rockies beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Friday night. Todd Helton added a two-run single as part of a three-run fifth inning, helping Colorado snap a seven-game losing streak in Oakland. Hammel allowed only four hits, struck out five and walked two to finish 4-0 this month. The right-hander also extended his career-best win streak to five straight to improve to 5-3 overall. Huston Street... Read Full Story
Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has been benched for a game by manager Clint Hurdle. Hurdle criticized Tulowitzki for swinging at a high, first pitch and hitting into a double play in the eighth inning of Tuesday night's 8-1 loss at Atlanta. "I don't want to be a Little League manager," Hurdle said. "I don't want to have to tell everybody that walks up there to take a strike." Hurdle said he has talked "ad nauseam" about smart at-bats. He said benching Tulowitzki "makes a better... Read Full Story
MLB.com noted, it's reasonable to assume that the 75 percent of polled Colorado fans who didn't think the Rockies got enough in return for Matt Holliday may have jumped the gun just a tad. Reports indicate that Colorado Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd might just package Huston Street in a follow-up deal. There are plenty of teams in the market for a closer — foremost among them the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets and the Cleveland Indians — all teams which had called him about Brian Fuentes... Read Full Story
Ev er since dealing outfielder Matt Holliday to the Athletics last month, the Colorado Rockies have been backing away from the idea of sending third baseman Garrett Atkins elsewhere. Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd has said on several occasions, most recently in Wednesday's Denver Post, that he is comfortable with Atkins holding down a key spot in the lineup. That raises a question: C an the Rockies dispense with the speculation by signing Atkins to a contract that eats up the next two... Read Full Story
Perhaps the most active general manager at the meetings, however, could be a man who has already been plenty active to date. Colorado Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd made the offseason's first and most significant splash when he dealt perennial MVP candidate Matt Holliday to the Athletics for Huston Street and two others. Yet O'Dowd seems far from satisfied. Published reports have linked Street to both the Mets and Yankees. And the Rockies, with Manuel Corpas ready to step in for free... Read Full Story
The Associated Press Cardinals-Rockies Preview CBSSports.com The St. Louis Cardinals are having trouble clinching the NL Central. Although it may be done for them by the time they take the field on Saturday night, they also want to finally figure out how to beat the Colorado Rockies. ... Baseball Today SI.com Wainwright Goes For 19th Win For Playoff-Hopeful Cards Vs. Rockies KTVU.com Rockies beat Cardinals; spoil St. Louis' clincher The Associated Press MLB.com - San Francisco Chronicle... Read Full Story
Washington Post Rockies win seventh in a row MLB.com DENVER -- The most-successful 10-game homestand in Rockies history finished with third baseman Garrett Atkins finally having a chance to feel at home. Atkins' two-run homer in the third inning was his first at Coors Field in ... Hot Rox sweep the Reds Denver Post Rockies win 7th straight by beating Reds 5-1 The Associated Press Garrett Atkins: Rockies' Atkins hits ninth homer in win Rotoworld.com Cincinnati Reds - USA Today - Reiten... Read Full Story
When Jim Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle as Colorado's manager, GM Dan O'Dowd said he wasn't expecting miracles. The Rockies were 10 games under .500 and threatening to become irrelevant before June even started. Surprise! The Rockies won 18 of their first 23 under their new skipper, including an incredible 16-1 streak heading into a West Coast trip starting in Anaheim on Monday night. Tracy likes to deflect credit, but there's no hiding that it took him half as many games to win 18 times as it... Read Full Story
