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Wilson with the Giants in 2011Born: ( 1982-03-16) March 16, 1982 (age 38)Batted: RightThrew: RightMLB debutApril 23, 2006, for the San Francisco GiantsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 27, 2014, for the Los Angeles DodgersMLB statistics24–22Teams. (–). (–)Career highlights and awards.

3× (, ). champion. (2010).Brian Patrick Wilson (born March 16, 1982) is a former American. He has played in (MLB) for the. He stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg).

Wilson is known for his large black beard, which he began growing during the 2010 pennant race. Wilson's entrance at home games accompanied by the song ' was popular with fans. Wilson also portrayed Peterson, a pitcher in the movie.Wilson pitched collegiately at.

His college career ended during his junior season, when he injured his elbow and underwent. The selected him in the. He reached the major leagues in 2006 and had become the Giants' regular closer by the end of 2007.

In, he led the Majors with 48 saves which tied the franchise single season record while posting a 1.81 ERA, and he saved clinching games at every level of the playoffs, including the.In the first week of the, Wilson injured his elbow and subsequently underwent his second. He completed his recovery midway through the and signed with the, pitching effectively with them as a late-inning reliever through the playoffs. However, he was not able to continue his success in 2014, and the Dodgers released him after that season. Contents.Early life Wilson was born in on March 16, 1982.

While he was in second grade, he moved to. Today, he talks little of his childhood except to discuss his father, Mike Wilson, who was an veteran and a demanding perfectionist.

During fall, he would have Brian bag leaves and bury them in the woods; and in winter, he would have Brian spend seven hours shoveling snow on weekends. Brian said in a 2011 interview, 'I think that's how you need to be raised. It's not your friend, it's your dad. And he's going to be strict. And one day you're going to understand why. And sometimes, it's a little too late.

They might pass away, and you might not get that chance to say thanks or understand why you did those things. But when you become a man, you understand why.' When Wilson was 12 years old, his father was diagnosed with cancer. His father fought the disease for five years before dying while Wilson was attending; Wilson today says he had to become a man when his father was diagnosed. In a 2011 story, writer Elizabeth Merrill said about Wilson's high school years, 'He was an honor roll student at Londonderry, but clashed with various authority figures who didn't appreciate his occasional lack of a filter.' In the same story, a number of Londonderry faculty speculated that some teachers didn't understand Wilson's life situation at the time.

Art Psaledas, an assistant principal at the school, added, 'It happened at probably the worst time anybody could lose your dad. Watching his dad deteriorate over the years was probably the singular thing that formed his personality.'

High school career Bob Napolitano, Wilson's coach at, noticed Wilson's ability to concentrate on baseball. Napolitano specifically remembered the first home game of Wilson's senior year, which happened shortly after his father's death.

No fewer than 29 professional scouts, all with radar guns, showed up to see him pitch. According to Napolitano, Wilson was completely oblivious to their appearance; he ate and drank in the dugout, warmed up, and pitched a two-hitter while apparently not noticing that scouts were there. The offered him a contract straight out of high school, but he did not sign, opting to attend college instead. College career After a coach saw Wilson pitch well at a tournament in California, he was offered a scholarship to (LSU), where he played for the team, eventually becoming their No.

In his time at LSU, Wilson pitched in 51 (22 ) and accumulated 18, 10, and five. In 2002, he played with the of the. He was in the middle of his third season on March 28, 2003, when he injured his elbow and underwent. He also played for the of the, a summer league for collegiate prospects. Despite facing extensive rehabilitation, Wilson chose to enter the. Professional career Minor leagues Coming off his surgery, Wilson was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round in 2003.

He began his career with the of the in 2004. In 23 games, he had a 2–5, a 5.34 (ERA), 41, and 22 in ​ 57 1⁄ 3. He made three starts that year, the only time he ever started games professionally. The Giants switched single-A affiliates the next year and Wilson began pitching for the. In 26 games, he had a 5–1 record, a 0.82 ERA, 30 strikeouts, and seven walks in 33 innings pitched while notching 13 saves, good for second in the league behind 's 19. His performance with Augusta caused Mark Camps of the to mention him in his 'Minor Report' on May 15.

He also pitched for the of the (posting no record, eight saves, a 0.57 ERA, 22 strikeouts, five walks, and ​ 15 2⁄ 3 innings pitched in 15 games) and the of the (posting a 1–1 record, no saves, a 3.97 ERA, 13 strikeouts, eight walks, and ​ 11 1⁄ 3 innings pitched in nine games). San Francisco Giants 2006 season Wilson began 2006 with the Grizzlies before getting called up to the majors on April 23 to replace, who was designated for assignment after struggling to begin the season. He made his major league debut that day in relief, pitching two innings, surrendering two hits and no runs while striking out three. He later revealed that he hurt himself during his first inning but continued pitching through the second without informing anyone of his injury. Afterward he was placed on the for a month. On May 23, he returned from the DL. He was optioned to Fresno on June 7 when was activated from the DL; Giants' manager said Wilson was not getting enough playing time.

Wilson would go on to have three more stints with the Giants in 2006. On July 2, he got his first career save, stranding three inherited runners in the eighth inning and throwing ​ 1 2⁄ 3 scoreless innings in a 6–2 victory over the. In 31 games, he had a 2–3 record, a 5.40 ERA, 23 strikeouts, and 21 walks in 30 innings pitched.

In 24 games with Fresno, he had a 1–3 record, a 2.89 ERA, 30 strikeouts, and 14 walks in 28 innings pitched. 2007 season Wilson competed for the role with in spring training. After he struggled and posted a 7.71 ERA, the Giants optioned him to the minors to start the season.

After building a 1–2 record, 2.10 ERA, 37 strikeouts, 24 walks, 11 saves, and ​ 34 1⁄ 3 innings pitched in 31 games with Fresno, Wilson was called up on August 11 when was demoted. He was initially used as the for closer, but he took over as closer on September 11 when Hennessey lost the role due to ineffectiveness. He went on to pitch in 24 games, recording a 1–2 record, a 2.28 ERA, 18 strikeouts, six walks, ​ 23 2⁄ 3 innings pitched, and six saves. 2008 season Wilson remained the Giants' closer in and kept the role all season. He recorded 24 consecutive saves from May 3 through August 17, the longest streak by a Giant since had 28 straight in 2000. Wilson was named to the Game after leading the NL in saves with 25 in the first half of the season. He gave up no hits and struck out one in 2/3 innings in a 4–3 loss to the American League.

He continued to lead the league in saves until passed him at the end of August. Despite posting a 4.04 ERA through September 6, Wilson converted 37 of 40 save opportunities. In his final seven games of the year, however, he posted a 9.56 ERA while converting just four out of seven opportunities. In 63 games, he had a 3–2 record, a 4.62 ERA, 67 strikeouts, and 28 walks in ​ 62 1⁄ 3 innings pitched. He converted 41 saves in 47 attempts; his 41 saves were tied with 's total for second in the league behind Valverde's 44.

2009 season On June 5, 2009, Wilson saved 's 300th win. Johnson, searching for his 300th win, gave up one unearned run in six innings in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the; the Giants had a 2–1 lead in the eighth inning. With runners on first and second for the Nationals and two outs, Wilson was called on to get the save. He walked to load the bases and bring up. He then loaded the count against Dunn before throwing a called strike three to end the inning. Wilson then pitched a scoreless ninth, preserving the victory for Johnson.

On September 24, with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning and the Giants leading the by a 2–1 score, Wilson gave up a two-run home run to. The loss hurt the Giants' chances of reaching the playoffs. In 68 games, Wilson had a 5–6 record, a 2.74 ERA, 83 strikeouts, and 27 walks in ​ 72 1⁄ 3 innings pitched. He blew seven saves, but his 38 saves tied for third in the NL with 's total behind 's 42 and 's 39.

He led the league in saves requiring four outs or more, with eight. 2010 season. —On March 25, Wilson agreed to a contract extension with the Giants.

He struck out five batters in ​ 1 2⁄ 3 innings on May 9 while recording a save in a 6–5 victory over the. On May 15, against the with the bases loaded, two outs, and the Giants leading 2–1 in the ninth inning, Wilson struck out in a 15-pitch at bat to end the game. The next day, against Houston with runners on first and second, two outs, and the Giants leading 4–3 in the ninth, Wilson retired Matsui to end the game. On June 12, Wilson entered in the eighth inning with one out, the bases loaded, and the Giants leading the 5–4.

Wilson struck out and retired to end the inning; he then pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the save. He recorded 22 saves in his first 24 chances and was named to the in which he threw a scoreless eighth inning in the contest, a 3–1 victory over the AL. On October 3 (the final day of the regular season), the Giants faced the Padres, whom they led by one game in the NL West. Wilson threw a scoreless inning to earn the save and clinch the division for the Giants. Wilson converted his 48th save that day, tying the Giants' single season save record of 48 held.

He finished the season with a 3–3 record, a 1.81 ERA, 93 strikeouts, 26 walks, and ​ 74 2⁄ 3 inning pitched in 70 games. He converted 48 of 53 save opportunities and led the majors in saves as well as leading the major leagues in saves of four outs or more (10). He was named the after the season. He finished 13th in (MVP) voting.

2010 postseason Wilson made his playoff debut in Game 2 of the against the; he blew a save, but that was partly because of an error. He earned saves in Games 3 and 4 as the Giants defeated the Braves in four games.

In the, the Giants faced the. In Game 4, Wilson threw a scoreless inning and earned the win in the 6–5 victory. In Game 6, Wilson entered with one out in the eighth inning, runners on first and second, and the Giants leading 3–2. He got to line into a double play. He then pitched the ninth inning, striking out with two runners on base, clinching the series for the Giants. He joined, and as the only pitchers since 1969 to win or save four games in a postseason series. (In 2014 of matched this feat.)The Giants faced the in the.

Wilson appeared in three games, allowing no runs. He recorded the save in the series-clinching Game 5 as the Giants won their first World Series since 1954. 2011 season Wilson strained an in 2011 spring training and opened the season on the DL. He was activated from the DL on April 6. After posting a 3.75 ERA in his first two games, Wilson posted a 1.26 ERA in his next 35 outings.

During a game against the on July 1, Wilson blew a save for a second straight game and was taken out of the game. Upon entering the dugout, Wilson took out his frustrations by throwing a Gatorade cooler and smashing it with a bat. The Giants still won the game 4–3 as got the save.

Wilson was elected to his third; he earned the save in a 5–1 victory over the AL. Brian Wilson in September 2011Wilson was placed on the DL on August 21 due to inflammation in his right elbow. At the time of his injury, he was third in the NL in saves, behind. On September 18, the Giants reactivated him from the DL.

After two games back, Bochy decided to shut down Wilson for the final two games of the season. In 57 games, he had a 6–4 record, a 3.11 ERA, 54 strikeouts, and 31 walks in 55 innings pitched. He converted 36 of his 41 save opportunities, which tied for eighth in the NL. 2012 season Wilson's would be short-lived. With the Giants leading the 4–1 entering the bottom of the ninth inning on April 12, he made his second appearance of the season to get the save for the Giants. He walked in a run to make it 4–2, but retired with the bases loaded to earn the save. He injured his elbow during the game and underwent for the second time in his career on April 19, causing him to miss the remainder of the season.

During his injury shortened season, Wilson made only 2 appearances with an ERA of 9.00 and 1 save. The Giants went on to win their second World Series in three years. Wilson expressed confidence in an interview on April 15 that he would return to the Giants in 2013. However, because he was coming off an injury and would be owed at least $6.8 million for 2013, he was non-tendered after the season, which made him a for the first time in his career. As of the end of the 2012 season, he ranked third all-time in saves as a Giant with 171, behind only (206) and (199).

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Shares June 4, 2015 3:00AM (UTC)You are about to read a story based on the best interview Brian Wilson has ever had. I know it’s the best, because I asked him.

He sat back on his leather couch, locked me with those ocean-blue eyes that have seen so much and said, “It is.”I’m not bragging. Just stating a fact. I mean, there’re probably a lot of interviews Wilson’s forgotten. Maybe even great ones. The man has spoken with countless magazines, newspapers, radio programs, TV shows, you name it. He’s had to talk about himself and his music since the Beach Boys’ debut declaration of a life aquatic, the release of the single “Surfin’.” That was in 1962. Now he’s got to get back on that promo horse and ride, thanks to the release of his 11th solo album, “No Pier Pressure,” and the Bill Pohlad-directed biopic “Love & Mercy.” It’s a saga so great, so awash in mental turmoil, drug abuse, redemption and unequaled musical brilliance that it took two actors, Paul Dano and John Cusack, to play Wilson.Still, this interview stuff, it’s not his favorite way to pass the time.

Never has been. Tales are legion of journalists prepared with probing, deeply researched questions who find themselves confronted with answers consisting of “Yeah,” “No” or “I don’t know” spit back at them like ack-ack fire.He’s also been known to get up, extend a hand and blurt out “Thanks!” well before the allotted time is up.

And sometimes he just gets tired and shuts down. None of this, however, is due to a bad attitude.

He’s not trying to be rude or insulting, Wilson is simply an unfiltered guy, painfully honest, easily bored, seemingly without ego or irony or any real sense of his celebrity. Music, family, a melted cheese sandwichthese are things that seem more important to him than the chores attendant with tending to fame.And his struggles with mental health issues are very, very real. He hears voices. Voices saying far worse things than any journalist.

“So this is gonna take like, 10 minutes, right?”That’s the opening salvo from Wilson. He’s just lumbered into his upstairs music room where I’ve been waiting, a comfortable space with a grand piano, tall windows and a table choked with awards. There’s the Beach Boys’ sole Grammy, for 2012’s Best Historical Album, “The Smile Sessions.” It’s kept well dusted. There are still-crated gold records on the floor leaning against the wall, stacked next to a portrait of brother Carl Wilson, sun setting on the sea behind his head, who died of cancer in 1998. Wilson has an impressive head of full, graying hair, swept back. I, on the other hand, am bald.“I wish I had your hair. Mine started flying out when I was 35.”He pauses.

“What happened?”This, I will come to learn, is a prime example of a Brian response. Nothing is taken for granted. The obvious is nebulous.

That question hangs there for a few seconds, and then Mrs. Wilson comes in. This is a special occasion. To plug the film—in which her character, played by Elizabeth Banks, figures prominently—Melinda has consented to join the interview with her husband. They met 29 years ago, were married in 1995. They have five children and 12 dogs. She rarely talks to the press and has no truck with the spotlight.

I’m told the only person to speak to them together was Larry King, some ten years ago.They cozy up on a couch. He places his large, New Balance-clad feet on the coffee table. She hands him a throw pillow which he rests on his stomach. The Wilsons emit the vibe of a content, comfortable, long-time couple.

She is a gracious woman and her strong, quiet presence puts Brian at ease, a bit.As their story unfolds in “Love & Mercy,” Melinda Ledbetter was a salesperson at Martin Cadillac in West Los Angeles in 1986 when Dr. Eugene Landy (portrayed with bug-eyed, Napoleonic ferocity by Paul Giamatti) entered her life. He was car shopping.

The late Landy was the controversial psychotherapist hired initially by Wilson’s first wife in 1976 to combat his drug abuse and general downward spiral. Landy ultimately took control of virtually every aspect of his patient’s existence until he was barred from contact by court order in 1992.How would today’s Brian advise his younger self on the Landy interaction? “I would say, no thank you,” offers Wilson without hesitation. “Don’t need to go into a program.”. “That’s really putting it nicely, honey,” counters his wife sweetly.

“I would have used some bad words, probably. Some really bad words.”She’s not kidding. Landy was “a fucking asshole,” says Melinda, reserving her only f-bomb of the conversation for the doctor.

“I think he was crazy. He was a manipulator Brian was kind of like a puppet, so he would parade him out and if he needed to give him an upper or a downer or whatever it was, that’s what he did.”“Landy was kinda strict,” ventures Brian, who apparently doesn’t have a mean or resentful bone in his body. “He medicated me, he manipulated me, you know?”While Landy “ran me around the block for a couple weeks, then he announced he was going to go buy a Maserati,” sniffs the former Caddy power seller, she and the mysterious man Landy kept in tow—she had no idea who Wilson was—came together over an ’86 brown Seville. “A car’s okay for me, you know?

A car’s all right to drive. Not to look at, to get in it and drive it.”And to write songs about, presumably.“Right, well I wrote a few car songs, yeah.”.Here’s something from Brian’s life that’s not in the film.

In September 1960, Wilson enrolled in El Camino College, a two-year institution near his boyhood home in Hawthorne whose attendees have reportedly included Chet Baker, Suge Knight, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, Frank Zappa and Bo Derek.Brian did not major in music.“I just wanted to be a psychologist, you know? I liked the idea of wanting to be a psychologist,” he says.“Did you ever really want to be one though?” asks Melinda, turning to look at him on the couch.“Yeah. I wanted to be a psychologist, yeah.”“Wow. Why?”“I don’t know. It’s way, way too many years ago.”“If I give you a million dollars, can you tell us why?”“No. Fifty-four years ago?

I’m not going to be able to remember nothing.”She turns to me. “Usually that bribe works. I never pay him off though.”How the life of Dr. Wilson might have played out is another story, but Brian the musician has dealt with issues of the mind for most of his life, a dark, wrenching part of his story that is a key theme of 'Love & Mercy.' “I had no idea how much until the first time I saw it and it was like, I didn’t know what to say,” Melinda says. “Brian wasn’t with me cause I wanted to be the buffer in case it was just, oh my God.

And it was like, oh my God.”Brian has seen it twice, and while he feels the filmmakers “did a great, great jobit was tough to watch, it really was.”The film contains vivid scenes of Wilson suffering from what Melinda says is “schizoaffective disorder, which is a manic depressive with auditory hallucinations.”“I have voices in my head,” clarifies Brian. “Mostly it’s derogatory. Some of it’s cheerful. Most of it isn’t.”It’s a condition that’s proven difficult for people outside of his inner circle to comprehend.“They totally don’t,” Melinda says, “and it pisses me off.

He’ll be doing a concert, and I can tell. I can see the look in his eyes, his face, I can tell when the voices are bothering him, and yet he just champions through it. He’s to be commended for that, in my opinion, and I hate it when people say he’s up there like a zombie. Well, they would be too if they were dealing with what he deals with. It’s something that he’s going to have forever and it’s amazing that he gets through life as well as he does.”The other side of Wilson’s mental anguish is, of course, the brilliant, visionary music he’s created. Some of the movie’s highlights are the meticulous recreations of the master at his best, working in the studio with the Beach Boys and the crack session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew that you’ve heard backing the band on virtually every ‘60’s Wilson hit.“They were pretty much verbatim as to how I was in the studio,” he says of those scenes. “In the movie the Wrecking Crew were all actors, but they were good musicians.

Real musicians. Darian put that together.”.Darian Sahanaja is the man responsible for those verbatim scenes. Since 1999, he’s been singing and playing keyboards in Wilson’s band, and was the consulting musical supervisor on the film. He’s a firm believer in God being in the details, and, as Brian says, “God is music.” Sahanaja pushed for and hand-picked accomplished players to portray the Wrecking Crew, and he provided sheet music transcribed from the original studio recordings. In other words, what you hear and see in those scenes is as close as you’re going to get to witnessing the real thing.“It was really funny cause I remember working with the prop guys and they were like, ‘You want the amps to work? You want ’em functional?’” laughs Sahanaja.Initially he was skeptical about the project. “I really didn’t know what the direction of the film was going to be.

I’ve seen Beach Boys related biopics made before and they wouldn’t be something that I would want my name attached to,” he said. That changed after meeting with director Pohlad.“First thing he said to me was, I’m not interested in making your typical biopic, and I was like, ‘Oh great!’ The last cut I saw was very satisfying to the point where I actually teared up.“What I loved about the movie was the film making matched the artist,” continues Sahanaja. “Brian’s an enigma, and the film making felt enigmatic, so there’s lots of moments of beauty and sadness which to me is a big part of Brian’s music. Joy and tragedy, you know?”It’s music he’s well familiar with.

Growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Eagle Rock, Sahanaja, 52, fell in love with Wilson’s music when he was 12.“In a period when it was way cooler to be listening to Led Zeppelin and the Stones and Aerosmith and all those groups, I actually took regular beatings from neighborhood boys because I loved the Beach Boys,” he reveals.“Sometimes it freaks me out when I’m onstage with Brian and I think, ‘Wow, his music really shaped my personality in that way,’ but that’s how powerful that music was. I would always look forward to sitting down in front of that stereo and listening to 'The Warmth of the Sun'.”.Back in the music room, Brian’s been talking a lot longer than ten minutes. He’s closing his eyes now and again, but he’s been focused, sincere, laughed a few times, been oddly charming.For all his quirks, he’s a survivor. Of an abusive father, of mental illness, of family tragedy and show business. God knows he’s tried.“Yeah, I think I made the right moves,” says Wilson.“He’s the best person I know,” says his wife.“Like when I made records I think I made the right, appropriate kind of records when we made them, in their time.”Now he’s ready to move on — literally.“I go to a park and take walks for a half hour every day,” he says. Then, with a dry laugh: “I’m trying to stay young.”Does he get recognized?“Yeah, a lot. People say, ‘Hi Brian, how are you?’ and I don’t know who in the hell-heck they are, I don’t know.

I think I’m gonna go take an exercise right now.”He shakes hands and says, “Thank you very much.”Yet he stays seated. Extends his hand again.“Wanna help me get up?”I do, and he’s gone.Peter GilstrapPeter Gilstrap is a writer and broadcaster living in Los Angeles covering arts, entertainment and a various other oddball topics. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, and a variety of other publications, including Variety. He also writes, a blog about discarded couches.