70 Quotes by Brian Giles

This is what you play for, to get to the postseason. If you can't get excited with 14 games to go and a 5 1/2-game lead, you've got problems. We've got two weeks left. We've got to grind it out. We control our destiny.

It seems that every win at this time of the season is big. When you're getting close to the end, you can kind of smell it. Today we played kind of weird baseball, but we got a great pitching performance from Pedro. And in a one-run game, anything can happen.

It says a lot about him. This year hasn't worked out for Sean the way he wanted it to, but he's not going to give in. He came out and prepared himself. Depending on how it pans out, it might be the biggest win so far.

It's a huge win, hopefully it does turn things around for us. It's good for us to just win a game. We have struggled at home.

It's all about pitching and defense in the playoffs,

That's OK. Just as long as they don't spill any of the beer.

Eddie helped me out in keeping on the same plane,

It's definitely frustrating. We're not hitting the ball at all. It's tough to be as pathetic offensively as we've been.

It's a new season. You've seen a lot of wild-card teams get to the World Series -- and win it. . . . I'll take our chances with our team here.