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During last night’s Phillies/Padres game, Brian Giles attempted
to catch a foul ball and practically re-created the
famous Rodney McCray wall crash in front of a nationwide audience on ESPN. As Jayson Werth’s fly ball was carrying towards ...
The Red Sox were one of a few
teams, according to a major league source, who put
in a trade waiver claim on Seattle outfielder Raul Ibanez, but the Sox were not awarded the claim as an undisclosed team (the Seattle Times is reporting the team is ...
Both Ibanez and Washburn were claimed on waivers
Tuesday, according to major-league sources. The claiming teams are
not yet known, but the Mariners have until 1:30 p.m. Thursday to work out a deal with those respective clubs. Ibanez would be a perfect ...
From " Tough to defend this decision "
by Nick Cafardo at the Boston Globe: Any major
league player with a competitive bone in his body won't understand Brian Giles's decision to stay in San Diego. There's talk of not wanting to leave two ...
I understand that the Boston media maybe feels
a little jilted by his decision to remain in
San Diego, but seriously, get over yourself. This is choice .. .. Here’s how it works: Someone takes an action and other people judge it based on their own personal beliefs. Then those same people invent reasons to support their judgments.
BASEBALL TOM KRASOVIC Pitch to Giles may show
Padres' intention to pinch August 10, 2008 As part
of a pitch to get Brian Giles to accept a trade to the Red Sox this past week, a Padres executive painted a stark fiscal picture for 2009, saying ...
Q: What kept you here? A: "I got
an opportunity in my last contract to do what
was best for me and my family. I gave my word when I signed. I want to fulfill that commitment. Some players might have jumped ship. I'm not that type of a player. I am here for a reason. I want to see it through."
BATTING 2B: B Giles 2 (28, L Hernandez,
M Corpas); A Gonzalez (22, L Hernandez) HR: K
Kouzmanoff (17, 3rd inning off L Hernandez 1 on, 0 Out); J Gerut (11, 3rd inning off L Hernandez 2 on, 2 Out); B Giles (8, 3rd inning off J Grilli 1 on, 2 Out); L ...
The waivers system is a complicated process in
baseball that allows players to be traded even after
the trade deadline has passed. Several players are placed on waivers, as it allows many teams the chance to rid themselves of a bad contract. Only ...
CHICAGO - Any major league player with a
competitive bone in his body won't understand Brian Giles's
decision to stay in San Diego. There's talk of not wanting to leave two daughters behind. Understandable, for sure, but part of the job description is ...
CHICAGO - The Brian Giles era with the
Red Sox never got started. Giles exercised his no-trade
clause earlier this afternoon, nixing the waiver claim the Red Sox had made...
CHICAGO - As much as the Red Sox
would have liked depth and protection for their injured
players, they are moving on at this hour after receiving a thumbs down from San Diego outfielder Brian Giles on a deal to Boston. A Padres source has confirmed ...
CHICAGO -- When Brian Giles nixed a chance
to go to the Sox today -- before the
1:30 p.m. deadline to make a deal -- the Sox weren't entirely broken up about the situation. While they would have liked to have Giles, a high on-base percentage guy, it ...
DENVER -- It appears outfielder Brian Giles will
remain with the Padres as the deadline for San
Diego and the Boston Red Sox to work out a deal for the 37-year-old passed on Friday without a trade. The Red Sox claimed Giles earlier in the week and ...
The San Diego 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 ...
If you haven’t heard the recent news by
now, the Red Sox claimed Brian Giles off waivers
yesterday and have 48 hours to work out a possible trade to bring the veteran outfielder to Boston. The real question we have to ask ourselves is, why? Rumor has it that Theo placed in the claim simply to deny the Angles or Rays a shot at picking up the 37-year-old. In that case, this ordeal indeed makes...
According to a report by ESPN's Buster Olney,
it looks like Padres outfielder Brian Giles is going
to block a waiver deal that would have sent him to the Red Sox. A source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Globe's Amalie Benjamin ...
Brian Giles has indicated that he will block
a waiver deal that would have sent him to
the Boston Red Sox, and an hour before the deadline for making a deal between the Padres and Red Sox, it appeared he would remain with San Diego.
News that the Red Sox were the claiming
team was first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune
. The move was apparently designed as a block to prevent the Tampa Bay Rays from claiming Giles, sources say. The move was not motivated by the uncertain ...
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, August 8, 2008
BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer CHICAGO — The
non-waiver trading deadline may have passed last week, but it seems clear that the Red Sox aren’t done dealing. The Sox yesterday claimed San Diego Padres ...
CHICAGO - The Red Sox will find out
by today if their waiver claim on Padres outfielder
Brian Giles was successful. The teams were trying yesterday to work out a deal...
The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that
the Boston Red Sox have claimed veteran San Diego
Padres right fielder Brian Giles off the waiver wire. The Red Sox are in the midst of a 48-hour period in which they have exclusive rights to complete ...
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, August 8, 2008
BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer CHICAGO — The
non-waiver trading deadline may have passed last week, but it seems clear that the Red Sox aren’t done dealing. The Sox yesterday claimed San Diego Padres ...
Now that the Red Sox have put in
a claim for Padres right fielder Brian Giles, what
are the chances that the two teams work out a trade? It could come down to whether Giles finds a salary increase enticing enough to consent to joining the Red Sox, one ...
Get the latest Red Sox news at The
Bottom Line blog - Sox claim Giles... Youkilis: x-rays
neagtive... Sox, all smiles, now that Manny is gone... Sox interested in Freddy Garcia...
According to a report in the San Diego
Union-Tribune the Red Sox have claimed outfielder Brian Giles
off waivers from the Padres: The Union-Tribune has learned that the Boston Red Sox have claimed Padres right fielder Brian Giles off the waiver ...
The Red Sox have claimed Padres right fielder
Brian Giles on waivers and are negotiating to acquire
the 14-year veteran from San Diego.
By Chris Jenkins August 7, 2008 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, ...
Hey Tim, I don't understand why the Mets
haven't been at least attempting to get Jay Payton
from Baltimore. He's been on the Mets so he's played in the tough atmosphere, plus he's a righty (which the Mets apparently need) with solid speed, a solid ...
Padres right fielder Brian Giles has been claimed
on waivers, according to major league sources. The claiming
team is not yet known. The Padres have 48 hours from the time of the claim to work out a trade. If no deal is completed, the Padres can take back Giles, or let him go to the claiming team.
BATTING 2B: L Rodriguez (1, P Martinez) HR:
J Gerut (9, 1st inning off P Martinez 0
on, 0 Out); B Giles (6, 1st inning off P Martinez 0 on, 1 Out); C Headley (7, 8th inning off E Kunz 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Gerut (28), B Giles (37), C Headley (16) S: C ...
Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports.com is reporting San Diego
Padres rightfielder Brian Giles has been claimed off waivers.
BATTING HR: K Kouzmanoff (16, 4th inning off
M Pelfrey 0 on, 2 Out); A Gonzalez (27,
6th inning off M Pelfrey 0 on, 1 Out); J Gerut (8, 9th inning off A Heilman 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: K Kouzmanoff (57), A Gonzalez (84), J Gerut 3 (27) 2-out RBI: K ...
The very latest Chicago Cubs trade rumors. This
time we look at rumors for David DeJesus, Brian
Giles, and Raul Ibanez. Towel Drills will have the latest on the Chicago Cubs trade rumors as the trade deadline approaches.
PITTSBURGH -- Recent published reports say the Mets
and a handful of other teams are interested in
Padres right fielder Brian Giles. But is Brian Giles interested in other teams? "Brian's a Padre," manager Bud Black said. "In all my conversations ...
On the day the Bush administration announced its
opposition to tobacco regulation, we honor MLB's big dippers.
In collaboration with a fantastic new dip enthusiast site, RipDips.com, we present our favorite players at each position who are unashamed to pack a fatty on national television.
Padres veteran outfielder Brian Giles really enjoys playing
in sunny San Diego. The 37-year-old Southern California native
loves to tan, and back when he played in Pittsburgh, Giles spent more time in a tanning bed than A-Rod spends in Madonna's ...
















Brian Giles vs. The Outfield Wall