Garrett Atkins News Archives

Executives say that many of the names being discussed by teams as possible trade bait include a growing number of players with three to five-plus years of service time -- players who are eligible for arbitration.

Mark McGwire, one of the game's most star-crossed sluggers, is back in baseball.

There should be no real big changes in the Colorado Rockies coming off a charge into the 2009 playoffs, the principal owners of the club said this week.

Philadelphia Phillies' Shane Victorino is safe at third, advancing on a single by Chase Utley, as Colorado Rockies' Garrett Atkins steps on the bag during Game 4 of the National League division series in Denver on Monday.

If the Rockies weren't so fixated on next year, they might still be playing Baseball this year.

Colorado Rockies' Todd Helton, right, is congratulated by teammate Clint Barmes after Helton scored on a hit by Garrett Atkins during the third inning of Game 3 in a National League baseball division series against the Philadelphia Phillies in Denver on Sunday, Oct.

Tickets: Rockies Notes: Torrealba struggles in five hole By Gerry Fraley For The Inquirer DENVER - Moving catcher Yorvit Torrealba into the fifth spot in Colorado's lineup backfired on manager Jim Tracy on Sunday.

The drama of a long, memorable Baseball season switched sides twice at the very end, as if to prove Yogi Berra's famous maxim.

Garrett Atkins had an RBI single in the first to go with a run-scoring double in the third.

Both teams changed pitchers again in the bottom of the sixth. Colorado pinch hit for Contreras with two outs and Ryan Spilborghs on first.

The Colorado Rockies pushed across two runs in the first inning of chilly Game 3 on Sunday night when Philadelphia rookie J.A. Happ labored through a 35-pitch inning and took a 3-1 lead over the Phillies after three.

Greetings from Coors Field, where an hour before first pitch the temperature is a balmy 35.1 degrees, according to WeatherBug.com's tracking station at the stadium.

Saturday's postponement of Game 3 of the National League Division Series gave Rockies manager Jim Tracy time to think.

A baseball season that has offered nothing but cruelty to Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins is suddenly giving him a golden chance.

PHILADELPHIA Yorvit Torrealba hit a home run, and no one was more surprised than Yorvit Torrealba.

Down the hallway, talked triumph, about soaking in his first October moment. The playoffs demand victors and victims, and the Rockies were nothing more than well-dressed mannequins in the Phillies ' first step of their title defense.

One of Jim Tracy's biggest strengths this season was bringing stability to the lineup.

Raul Ibanez had two hits and two RBIs, and Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth drove in runs with key extra-base hits off 15-game winner Ubaldo Jimenez .

Chase Utley is a big Garrett Atkins fan. Utley is just going to take a break from it this week.

Sure, the Phillies and Colorado Rockies are about to meet tomorrow in a National League division series for the second time in three years, but the connections between the two teams run deeper than that.

The Rockies can only hope, as the old adage goes, history does indeed repeat itself.

Is there a more ridiculous nickname for a city in the history of this Earth? The City of Brotherly Love? The city where the bullpens at Citizens Bank Park are two levels and the home teams used to have the upper level but were moved to the lower level because their home town fans were too unruly against the Phillies pitchers.

Sat Oct 3, 2009 7:58am EDT - Colorado Rockies Troy Tulowitzki celebrates with Garrett Atkins after hitting a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the seventh inning of their MLB National League baseball game in Los Angeles, October 2, 2009.

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Even though he struggled this season, Garrett Atkins drove in three runs in the playoff-clinching win.

Bring snow caps and coats for the bone-chilling cold. And goggles for the champagne.