Pat Gillick

Pat Gillick
Lawrence Patrick David Gillickis an American professional baseball executive, currently serving as the president of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and Phillies. He guided the Blue Jays to World Series championships in 1992 and 1993, and later with the Phillies in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 August 1937
CountryUnited States of America
Everyone is all smiles today. I want to go home smiling 100 times this year. That's only 16 times a month.
I think Charlie has done a good job in keeping a good feeling and a good attitude in the clubhouse. The players are still very upbeat. We haven?t performed as well as we wanted from a pitching and offensive standpoint. But I don?t think that can be laid at the feet of the manager.
He said that, pending the outcome of a physical, Billy was going to sign with the Mets,
Fans here are rabid, ... It's important that you connect to them.
I want to win, and whatever the manager and the pitching coach think it takes, we'll go in that direction.
It doesn't hurt that I know him, but we made this trade based on our scouting reports from 2005. Arthur's got a good makeup. He's a gamer. He likes to win.
Jimmy will be a replacement in the event that somebody goes down, be it Jeter or be it Rodriguez.
He's had a good spring. Coming into Spring Training, I didn't have any expectations for him, because he didn't have a good 2005 season, and didn't pitch particularly well in Puerto Rico. He exceeded my expectations, because he wasn't a guy who would've even been considered for somewhere in the pitching staff.
I don't really know John, aside from the fact I scouted him in San Antonio, where he was a pretty good high school catcher. But I can see why people say what they're saying.
I don't think internally that we have the key to solve the situation. We'll have to go outside the organization.
I like the pitchers we have in Jon Lieber and Brett Myers, but I think we still need a real power type of pitcher who can stop the bleeding or stop a losing streak. Is there someone out there? Sure, there are pitchers out there, but it's about what you need to give up to get. I'm talking to clubs all the time and evaluating this every day.
He didn't figure into the rotation. His inconsistency with his control makes him a tough guy to have in the bullpen. We thought it was better that maybe he went someplace and got a fresh start.
Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable, ... We were disappointed.
Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable. We were disappointed.