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
mistake plate
Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit,
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.
baseball blood ended knew mistakes perfect playoff runs smell
They smell blood and they went after it. We knew we had to play perfect baseball and we ended up making too many mistakes in this series. You can't give up all those runs so early, especially in a playoff baseball game.
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.
ask next special
Why don't you ask him if it'll be special to play next to me?
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.
both hit innings rule unwritten
You hit one of their big guys, they're going to go after one of our guys. It's kind of an unwritten rule in baseball. Obviously, you don't want to get hit, but we've been able to put up big innings both times it's happened.
along approach best chances team
You get to the postseason, and it's a new season. That's how we're going to approach it. We thought all along that we've been the best team in the West. We'll take our chances come Oct. 4.
along approach best chances team
You get to the postseason, and it's a new season, ... That's how we're going to approach it. We thought all along that we've been the best team in the West. We'll take our chances come Oct. 4.
dream expect goal lead lose main obviously offense pieces shown stuff team
You dream of this stuff as a kid. Obviously this is one step. Our goal is to be world champions, and we expect nothing less. We're going to go out there and battle. I think one thing this team has shown is it has a lot of character. You don't lose main pieces to your offense and still have a four-, five-, six-game lead pretty much the whole year.
baseball create played scoring
We've just played inconsistent baseball lately. We have to create more scoring opportunities for ourselves.
hit lives playing pressure
We've put pressure on that team, we just haven't come up with the big hit yet. We're playing for our lives now.
cover develops gives ground obviously together understanding
Obviously we're going to be able to cover more ground this year. And the more you play together gives you a better understanding of each other. Understanding develops as you play.
dave diego grew san watching
I grew up in San Diego watching Dave Winfield, ... In '95, when I got called up, there he was -- my teammate. That was a pretty big thrill.