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Somewhere In This Grainy Footage, Brian Giles Is Roughing Up His Girlfriend

DAULERIO — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:02 EST

Earlier today, Padres outfielder Brian Giles was sued by a former girlfriend, over alleged constant physical abuse throughout their long relationship. One of those incidents was apparently captured on surveillance footage from an Arizona bar in 2006.

The suit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, states the abuse began in 2002. It accuses Giles of “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, causing plaintiff to suffer a miscarriage.”

She's suing for close to $10 million. GasLampBall snagged the footage from NBC San Diego news. Neither the Padres or Giles is commenting on the incident at this time.

Giles being sued by ex-girlfriend [SignOnSanDiego]

Tom Jackson Might Refer To Him As A "Retard"

Leitch — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:00:05 EDT

We've never met Brian Giles; it's possible he spends his evenings studying Proust and calculating Pi. But we doubt it. The following tidbit is from The San Diego Union-Tribune (via The Smittblog), and we're just going to reproduce it in all its glory.

"Hey Greg, I've got one for you," Brian Giles said to new Padres teammate Greg Maddux last month. "Why was the mathematics book depressed?" Giles said. After the 333-game winner pondered the question for a few seconds, Giles slowly delivered the punch line. "Because it had a lot of problems inside."

Giles laughed as if he were the second coming of Robin Williams, slapped Maddux in the left arm and walked away. Maddux, appearing perplexed, resumed answering questions from a reporter. Giles returned a few second later, speaking slowly, like an athlete who took too many shots to the helmet. He stared into Maddux's bemused face. "Greg, here's another one. What kind of waves are the really small ones in the ocean?" Pause. "Micro waves."

Giles giggled and walked back to his dressing stall. A trace of a grin appeared on Maddux's face. Then Maddux resumed the interview. Giles returned in about 30 seconds - naked - and said, "Greg, what kind of language does a porcupine use? "Spine language." Maddux belly-laughed. Giles roared and, now content, the right fielder made a triumphant return to his clubhouse stall. "I guess it's funnier when he tells the joke without wearing any clothes," Maddux said.

We don't want overstate this, but it's very likely that Brian Giles has a serious mental disability and needs professional help.

Clubhouse Chemistry Winning Formula? [San Diego Union Tribune] (via The Smittblog),

Marcus Giles Already Tearing Up San Diego

Leitch — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:45:49 EST

Marcus Giles has been a member of the San Diego Padres for less than a month; they just got the guy, for crying out loud. You thought it was a nice story, two brothers reunited — and it feels so gooood — but it turns out that it was a recipe for violence!

New Padres second baseman Marcus Giles was handcuffed, detained and escorted from Qualcomm Stadium during Sunday's Chargers playoff game after getting involved in a fight on the stadium's club level, according to police. Police said Giles and a friend were involved in a fight with at least one other person, who slipped away before being caught.

So maybe THIS is why LaDainian Tomlinson was so angry after the game. Or maybe someone said, "Hey, look, that's Shawne Merriman, he does steroids, what a tool," and then Giles attacked him.

Marcus Giles Detained After Fight At Qualcomm [San Diego Union-Tribune]

Brian Giles Remembers The Little People

Leitch — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:45:58 EST

Since we're not nearly the pop culture oddity barometer we wish we were, we were not aware of MiniKISS, the band consisting of "little people" who dress up like (and play the songs of) KISS. We're not sure what we can say here, except that we like the idea of the Gene Simmons equivalent having a tongue he could tuck in his belt.

Anyway, the band's official Web site, which lists its bookings, says that on January 20, they played a private party show for ... "Brian Giles of the Padres." We're not sure what this was for, but in our nightmares, it's a rookie hazing party, Fred Smoot-esque. But we probably shouldn't have said that.

MiniKISS [Little Man Entertainment]

(UPDATE: Turns out that's Giles' birthday. That's what we'd want too.)