Brian Giles
Brian Giles
Brian Stephen Gilesis a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his career he played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres. The left-handed Giles was a two-time All-Star and had a career line of .291/.400/.502 with 287 home runs, 411 doubles, 1,078 run batted in, and 1,183 walks in 1,847 games...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1971
CityEl Cajon, CA
fans hard hits home mad popular run
He's so popular that if he hits a home run and we congratulate him, fans are mad if we hit him too hard on the helmet.
breaking either good tough
Patterson had a good breaking ball. He was either tough or we weren't very good. He was all right.
high hit mistake pitch plate
He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here, and it's not going to go.
strike
They were one strike away from a sweep. You never know what that can do to a team.
hit snapped top wrist
I had it, ... My wrist was over the wall. When my glove hit the top of the wall, it popped out. When it snapped back is when it popped out.
mistake plate
Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit,
admired excited help playing
I've always admired the way he plays. He'll help us defensively and give us some right-handed power. I'm excited about playing with Mike.
baseball create played scoring
We've just played inconsistent baseball lately. We have to create more scoring opportunities for ourselves.
bad extremely throughout
We pitched extremely well throughout this trip. We had one bad start; that's about it.
pitch swept
We're one pitch away from being swept -- that's a big two-game swing,
timing toe
With my toe tap, I need the at-bats to get ready. It's a timing thing.
closing slowly
We're slowly closing this thing out, but it hasn't been easy,
playing works
We're just playing better right now. When things are going well, that's how it works out, most of the time.
pressure three
We've got to put pressure on them, ... They're still three down. I like our chances.