Brian Giles credits Tanning for Yesterday's win

by jbox on Jun 10, 2005 9:13 AM PDT in News

I was watching local ABC Channel 10 yesterday and Brian Giles is being interviewed in the locker room. He's got his shirt off and a ton of microphones in his face. He said something like "Why'd Eaton pitch such a great game? Well, he's tan. We've been tanning together."

I did a little google search about Brian Giles and his love of tanning. It looks like it goes back a few years when he was with Pittsburgh.

Dan Patrick interviews Giles for ESPN:

DP: Best tan in baseball.
BG: Me or Jason Kendall. He's started on my tanning program. In fact, we just got back from the salon. We got our tips frosted, then we went for a couple of rounds in the tanning bed.
DP: I can just picture it.
BG: Don't knock it. We have a lot of fun. Our big thing is, after they get the foil in our hair for the frost, we sit under the dryers and gab.
DP: Like old ladies?
BG: Sure. Cracks us up.

Brian Giles also claims to be Valedictorian of Granite Hills High here in SD. Is there any truth to this?

BG: Yeah. I either caught potato bugs or studied. Guess that's how I became valedictorian of my high school -- boredom.

I'm pretty sure Brian Giles is crazy.

Update [2005-6-11 18:53:35 by jbox]: If you do a google search for "tan" and "beach muscles" the first article is about Brian Giles. Here's the comment from the article:

He recently responded to a reporter when asked about the details of his rehab program, "I'm trying to work on my tan and my beach muscles. I can't do anything [else], so I hope I can be tan and bigger when I come back."

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Crazy Old Man Giles

His "mental condition" might go back to August 6, 2002. While trying to field a fairly routine pop-up by Mark Grudzielanek, the ball bounced off his dome. Maybe he's always been a little "off" and he just got kookier since the ball-meets-head incident. The Dan Patrick interview is dated August 12, 2002, so I'm guessing the interview was before the accident.

But I'm with you, jbox, I think he may be loco.

by Pants on Jun 10, 2005 10:09 AM PDT reply actions

tanning

There were other articles where he's talking about "getting tan and getting beach muscles". Beach Muscles?

by jbox on Jun 10, 2005 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

beach muscles

reminds me of the fold out in the Beach Boys album "Endless Summer". Those guys in there kinda look like Giles.

by jbox on Jun 10, 2005 12:00 PM PDT reply actions

The valedictorian line

is hilarious.

by Richard Wade on Jun 10, 2005 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

I'd like to know what

the qualifications for Granite Hills valedictorian were back in the day. Best colorer? Most likely to run the Slurpee machine without injury? Able to count above 5?

Brian Giles, valedictorian? Hmmm....

- Proud Monte Vista High School graduate, class of '89

by teemcee on Jun 10, 2005 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions