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
timing toe
With my toe tap, I need the at-bats to get ready. It's a timing thing.
add core couple good pieces
I think we have a good core here and if we add a couple of pieces here and there, I think we'll be right back in it.
breaking bummer camp forward gives looking
It gives us some new energy. We were looking forward to breaking camp with him, and it was a bummer when he got hurt.
knows seasons starts throw
Just get in. Just get in, and the postseason starts a new season. We get hot, who knows what happens? You throw out 100-win seasons come October.
against seen throwing tough
Pedro was tough. He was throwing as well as I've seen him. He mixes it up so well, he makes it tough to get comfortable up there against him.
baseball bases bust chance loaded win
Right there, that's a big play. We can bust that up and still have the bases loaded with one out, we have a chance to win that baseball game.
ball baseball brings competitor everybody game knows runs takes time win
Jake's the kind of competitor who knows every time he takes the ball that he's going to win a baseball game for his team, ... When he's pitching, one or two runs could win you a baseball game. Not everybody brings that to the table.
balloons hit home mobility nice runs
It balloons up a little bit, ... There's enough mobility to play. It'd be nice if you got to hit home runs and didn't run the bases.
against good opens pressure record whoever
Whoever opens up against us, if we get there, is going to have a lot of pressure on them because our record is not going to be as good as some of the other records.
barry competition definitely feed knock
When the competition is great, you kind of feed off that. Definitely with Barry and Moises (Alou) and the professionals they have, you have to get up for them. If not, they're going to knock you around the park.
good players running time
My time is running out and I want to win. They have a lot of good young players over there.
morning stiff woke
I woke up this morning and I wasn't as stiff as I thought I was going to be. That's when I decided, 'Hey, shoot, let's see if we can't get in there tonight.
experience free
When you haven't been a free agent, it's intriguing, a new experience. It's not something I've been through before. I've always had a contract.
baseball create played scoring
We've just played inconsistent baseball lately. We have to create more scoring opportunities for ourselves.