Brian Giles

Brian Giles says the pain in his arthritic right knee is getting worse, and the 39-year-old outfielder informed the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday that he will retire.Giles is a career .291 hitter with 287 home runs and 1,078 RBI in 1,847 games. The two-time All-Star also played for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland, calling his trip to the World Series with the Indians in 1997 the highlight of his 15 major-league seasons.Giles, who signed a minor league deal with the...Read Full Story

San Diego Padres outfielder Brian Giles has been put in a bit of hot water by his ex-girlfriend, Cheri Olvera. Olvera filed a lawsuit for $10 million bucks against the former Pittsburgh Pirate for a litany of abuses, both literal and mental, including... hitting and slapping plaintiff in the face; pushing plaintiff; shaking plaintiff; kicking plaintiff; hitting plaintiff in the chest; knocking plaintiff to the floor, battering plaintiff twice when she was pregnant with the parties' child...Read Full Story

The Union-Tribune has learned that the Boston Red Sox have claimed Padres right fielder Brian Giles off the waiver wire, if only to keep him away from the two teams with better records in the American League. Thus, Boston entered a 48-hour period in which the Sox have exclusive rights to try to work out a trade with San Diego. Giles is not in today's starting lineup for the finale of the Padres' series with the New York Mets-- Jody Gerut's penciled in to play right field -- though Manager...Read Full Story

Generally in the game of baseball, when men are pushing 40, it becomes time to hang up the cleats and take up golfing, fishing, or pickleball down in Florida. It's difficult to accept the natural progression of creaky bones, bad backs and sore knees, but it is what it is. They get old and have difficulty competing with scrappy 21-year-old center fielders.Such is not the case with Brian Giles. In fact, he's pretty sure he can still hit and field a baseball at the big league level.Continue...Read Full Story

Former Padre Giles in palimony suitUPI.comSan Diego Padres batter Brian Giles readies for his first at bat against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning at Coors Field in Denver July 27, 2006. Giles singled in his first at bat. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey) SAN DIEGO, March 31 (UPI) -- Former ...and more »Read Full Story

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