Article: GAME SITUATIONS WILL SHOW IF BURKS IS FULL SPEED AGAIN.(Sports)

Byline: Jack Etkin Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

Center fielder Ellis Burks will start today, returning to the Colorado Rockies lineup for the first time since June 26. The Rockies activated Burks on Tuesday and optioned outfielder Angel Echevarria to Class AAA Colorado Springs.

Burks went on the disabled list June 29 with a strained right groin. Rehabilitation and therapy notwithstanding, Burks must test the groin in game situations, plenty of which are certain to arise in the field and on the bases.

``Say there's a ball in the gap and I have to reach for it,'' Burks said, ``and all of a sudden, I have to stop, plant myself and throw in the ...

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