Painful decision: Giles leaving baseball
Brian Giles signed a minor-league deal with the Dodgers this winter with an invitation to major-league camp.
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 he will retire.
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Campbell: Unsung heroes
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Team News
- Dodgers get warm welcome in Taiwan
- Dodgers' Mattingly far from boring as manager
- Garret Anderson will try to play first base for Dodgers
- Mattingly could work on keeping order in the lineup
- Davis, who brought flash, speed to Dodgers, dies at 69
- A rough start for Dodgers relievers Jonathan Broxton and George Sherrill
- Dodgers lose to Giants, 3-2
- Dodgers' Matt Kemp is up front about advantages of batting second
- Jamie McCourt retains famed trial lawyer David Boies
- Martin to be sidelined four to six weeks
Team Leaders
| Stat | Player | Amt |
| AVG | Chin-lung Hu | .400 |
| RBI | Andre Ethier | 106 |
| SB | Matt Kemp | 34 |
| HR | Andre Ethier | 31 |
| ERA | Mark Loretta | 0.00 |
| K | Clayton Kershaw | 185 |
| W | Chad Billingsley | 12 |
Schedule
| Recent Games | ||
| Wed. Oct 21 | at Philadelphia | L 10-4 |
| Mon. Oct 19 | at Philadelphia | L 5-4 |
| Sun. Oct 18 | at Philadelphia | L 11-0 |
| Upcoming Games |
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