Brian Giles
- #24 | RF BatsL ThrowsL
- Height5-10
- Weight205
- San Diego Padres
- Age38
- Experience 14 years
- Salary $9,000,000
- BirthplaceEl Cajon, California
Pujols 400
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — You know what? I'm going to be pissed if Albert Pujols hits his 400th home run somewhere other than PNC Park. The dude friggin' OWNS PNC to the tune of 24 homers and a .385/.464/.726 line in 75 games there. How many Pirates have hit 24 homers at PNC? (The answer is not all that many. I know Craig Wilson, Jason Bay, and Brian Giles have and Jack Wilson hit exactly 24, but other than that there can't be many more.) Anyways, that's as compelling a storyline as any tonight because the Pirates' lineup vs. Adam Wainwright is about as epic a mismatch as there is right now. Maybe that Zach Duke vs. Jo...
Pittsburgh Pirates August 24, 2010Game 110: Pirates 8 Rockies 7
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? — Once upon a time, seemingly forever ago, I sat with my dad in our regular seats on the Clemente Wall as the Pirates mounted an improbable six-run comeback to beat the Rockies in an otherwise meaningless August baseball game. When the inning began, the Pirates were down 11-6 and Brian Giles lead off the bottom of the ninth. My dad turned to me and said, "If Jason Kendall gets up, we're going to win this game." Kendall had made the last out in the eighth. Nine batters later, Kendall singled in Tike Redman and the Pirates had somehow won. When the Pirates fell behind in the tenth inning tonight a...
Pittsburgh Pirates August 8, 2010-
Chris Young
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Miguel Tejada
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David Eckstein
2B/SS
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Chase Headley
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Jon Garland
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Clayton Richard
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Ryan Ludwick
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Scott Hairston
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Tony Gwynn
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