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Brian Givens

ブライアン・ギブンス　/　ぶらいあん・ぎぶんす

American baseball player

November 6, 1965 (age 60)　・　Lompoc, California, United States

California
baseball player

My Take

Brian Givens is a fascinating figure to me less for his stat line than for the asterisk on his story. A towering left-handed pitcher out of Lompoc, California, he reached the Milwaukee Brewers but is remembered most as a replacement player who crossed the picket line during the 1994-95 strike. That's a heavy thing to carry, and I don't think it's mine to judge cleanly; fifteen years chasing the game says plenty about hunger. He's a reminder that baseball careers aren't just box scores, they're choices made under pressure, and his sits in that uncomfortable, very human gray zone I find hard to look away from.

Overview

Brian Allen Givens (born November 6, 1965) was an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for 15 years and played for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Givens was known most for being a replacement player who crossed picket lines during spring training in 1995 while the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was still going on.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Brian Givens
Name (Japanese): ブライアン・ギブンス
Reading: ぶらいあん・ぎぶんす
Born: November 6, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Snake
Origin: Lompoc, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 198 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Overland High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%96%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

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