Wins are special for Aubrey Huff

Huff is happy he's put losing ways behind him.

The Baltimore Orioles have the worst record in baseball, they've lost 17 of their past 19 games, and the ax already fell on manager Dave Trembley.

Aubrey Huff knows this situation all too well. The Orioles come to town today, and Huff will face his former club for the first time since they traded him to the Detroit Tigers last August.

"They're having a tough year, but you can't take 'em lightly, man," Huff said. "You never know what's going to happen."

The same was true for Huff's free agency last winter. The Giants were the only team to offer him a major league contract, and he's ecstatic at how it's turned out.

"I'm really enjoying my time here," he said. "It's a great coaching staff, a great team and fans and a beautiful ballpark. Tell me you don't want to come here with this starting staff and want to win."

Huff hasn't played a full season for a winning team in his 11-year career.

"The last couple years, you really start getting so down about it," said Huff, who broke in with Tampa Bay. "You start thinking you'd rather retire than go through that. Here we've got a great pitching staff and a chance to win every day. I wouldn't rather be anyplace in baseball than right here."



(mercurynews.com)