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
ball definitely hitting pathetic tough
It's definitely frustrating. We're not hitting the ball at all. It's tough to be as pathetic offensively as we've been.
ball coach defense game gave glad
This was a really big game for us. I was just glad coach (Ben Waddle) gave me the ball and let me throw. I just let my defense do the work.
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.
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.
closing slowly
We're slowly closing this thing out, but it hasn't been easy,
timing toe
With my toe tap, I need the at-bats to get ready. It's a timing thing.
playing works
We're just playing better right now. When things are going well, that's how it works out, most of the time.
hill knew took
We knew what Jake was going through even before he took the hill for us,
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.
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.
breaking either good tough
Patterson had a good breaking ball. He was either tough or we weren't very good. He was all right.
good players running time
My time is running out and I want to win. They have a lot of good young players over there.
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.