Ex-Titan Brown blessed aloof to be in majors
The Giants' Gary Brown, who played academy baseball at Cal State Fullerton, smiles on the bank at Dodger Stadium on Monday night.
KEVIN SULLIVAN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Gary Brown, by the numbers
Year; Team; AB; BA; H; R; RBI; SB
2014; AAA Fresno; 536; .271; 145; 89; 53; 36
2013; AAA Fresno; 558; .231; 129; 79; 50; 17
2012; AA Richmond; 538; .279; 150; 73; 42; 33
2011; A San Jose; 559; .336; 188; 115; 80; 53
LOS ANGELES – Brown was a five-tool standout at Cal State Fullerton taken in the aboriginal annular by the San Francisco Giants – No. 24 all-embracing – in the 2010 Major Alliance Baseball draft.
But he wasn't the actual standout centermost fielder the Giants had hoped for. Brown's numbers foundered.
Before continued adolescent players were jumping him on the abyss archive and accepting opportunities to bound calibration the accessory alliance ranks – Brown didn't.
On Sept. 1 – afterwards four years and added than 2,500 accessory alliance bowl appearances – Brown assuredly got his chance. The Diamond Bar built-in was alleged up from the Giants' Triple-A Fresno aggregation assimilate the broadcast 40-man agenda for San Francisco's final postseason push.
"It's awesome," said Brown, afore the Giants' took the acreage for the aboriginal of a three-game alternation at Dodger Stadium. "It's absolutely a acquirements acquaintance and I'm aggravating to use it as that. Any befalling I get, I appetite to accomplish the best of it."
Brown – who grew up an Angels fan – fabricated the best of this week's trip. He backward the night Sunday at his mother's abode in Diamond Bar and spent Monday visiting with his family, abounding of whom fabricated the cruise bottomward to San Diego aftermost weekend to see the 25-year old in uniform.
"It was great," said his mother, Julie Brown, who was in San Diego. "It's article he's been absent of back he was a little boy."
Brown did not comedy Monday night. He's apparent bound arena time in the big leagues – back his admission in Colorado on Sept. 3 he's played aloof bristles amateur and had two bowl appearances (0 for 2).
"I'm aggravating to apprentice and aloof affectionate of see what the better differences are," said the accelerated centermost fielder. "(To) try and get adequate so hopefully back I do get addition befalling to comedy in the big leagues that I'm accessible for it."
Had the Giants not alleged up Brown this season, they could accept absent their rights to him through the Rule 5 Draft. Players active at 19 years of age or earlier charge be added to the 40-man agenda aural four seasons or accident actuality best up by added organizations in the Rule 5 Draft.
Brown becoming a $1.45 actor benefit back he active in 2010.
"He's the advocate blazon of player," said amateur catcher and aboriginal baseman Andrew Susac, a July 26 call-up who played with Brown in Fresno this season. "He's article appropriate to watch. He's got a lot of accoutrement so back he gets the befalling I'm abiding he'll accomplish the best of it."
Brown batted .271 with 53 RBIs, denticulate 89 runs and blanket 36 bases (second in Pacific Coast League) this division for Fresno.
Originally drafted by the Oakland A's in 2007, Brown was a Freshman All-American and a Big West All-Conference Honorable Mention his green division as a third baseman and centermost fielder at Cal State Fullerton.
There were times over the years back Brown acquainted the beefy apprehension of actuality a aboriginal annular abstract pick. That he's in Dodger Stadium this anniversary – arena or not – speaks for itself.
"When you're hitting a .180 in a ages or whatever that's not fun, and anyone that tells you it is is lying," Brown said. "But you apperceive you try and abound from it and that's what I'm doing. I fabricated advance this year and I'm activity to accomplish advance abutting year."
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Title : Ex-Titan Brown blessed aloof to be in majors
Description : Ex-Titan Brown blessed aloof to be in majors The Giants' Gary Brown, who played academy baseball at Cal State Fuller...