Marcus Giles
Marcus Giles
Marcus William Gilesis a former Major League Baseball player. He played second base and batted right-handed. His older brother, Brian Giles, was an outfielder who also played in the Major Leagues...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1978
best burnett great
He's got great stuff. He's right up there with the best of them, like A.J. Burnett and Clemens.
behind mixing played time
He was pretty good, ... He's mixing in a curveball now. Every time I played behind him he never had a curveball.
color looks wearing wrong
Just looks like he's wearing the wrong color blue.
almost clubhouse fun game intensity league playing
With these young guys, we have the intensity we need. It's almost like we're 10 years old playing in Little League again, but winning's more important now. It's just a lot of fun in the clubhouse now before the game and after the game.
deal prove
We want to prove that we're going to be someone to deal with in this division.
clean few heels notch past playing playoff seems sitting step weeks wind
We need to step it up another notch before Wednesday. It seems like we've been sitting around on our heels the past few weeks playing not to get hurt. When you do that, you wind up playing not to win, and we have to clean that up before our first playoff game.
board crooked gets half held imperative momentum next number quick seemed shift team throw
When a team comes out and gets a little momentum like that, I think it's very imperative to come out and throw a crooked number up on the board the next half inning. It's a quick momentum shift back to our side. Once we got that shift, it just seemed like we held it from there.
agree call fair job lacking past
In the past, I think it's a fair job -- if that's what you want to call it -- because I can't agree more that we've been lacking intensity,
forward looking sure
I'm sure he's looking forward to this big situation,
enjoying fun sure
I'm sure he's enjoying this. Having him here is a lot of fun for me.
ready season spring though
I'm not worried. I never like a lot of at-bats during spring training, though I do usually have better results. I'll be ready when the season starts.
biggest caliber canyon grand hole
If you don't go out and get that caliber of ballplayer, it's just a Grand Canyon in our lineup pretty much. It's the biggest hole ever.
bad few hit last spell
In the last few years we've hit a bad spell right now because we've already clinched,
bad few hit last since spell
In the last few years, we hit a bad spell right about now because it had been a while since we clinched,