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Gritty Conrad off to strong spring start

MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010 / While growing up in the San Diego area, Brooks Conrad enjoyed the regular opportunities he had to watch Tony Gwynn display one of the most successful swings the game has ever seen.

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Sports Blog Nation, Mar 07, 2010 / This will mark the first time this spring the team hasn't used a DH.

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" I think I just have to go out and do what I've been doing, because obviously I made some kind of impression last year "
MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010
" It's hopefully a Spring Training where I hopefully have a shot to make the team out of camp or try to impress somebody and come up later. You never know. I don't know what they're thinking. I just try to think that this is my shot to play well and see what happens at the end of camp. "
MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010
" I went up there and did well. So I have the confidence that I can get up there, I can play and I can compete up at that level. I want to get back up there because it sure was a whole lot of fun. "
MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010
" I don't think I'm doing anything different or special. I just think that's the way the game is supposed to be played. "
MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010
" All of that gritty stuff is kind of cliché because I don't wear batting gloves and all of that stuff "
MLB - Atlanta Braves, Mar 12, 2010

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Brooks Litchfield Conrad (born January 16, 1980 in San Diego, California) is an American Major League Baseball infielder for the Atlanta Braves.

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Lowe throws 4 hitless innings against 0-11 Nats

AP posted: Tuesday 03/16/10 04:38 AM EDT

for the Braves. Prado is hitting .385 this spring and Thurston, battling Brooks Conrad for the backup infielder job, homered for a second straight day. Conrad, who made two nice defensive