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
He threw OK. He's going through Spring Training really; that's what it is. So far his health is good.
He's a hard-nosed, championship-caliber player, someone who will fit right in here in Philadelphia.
He said that, pending the outcome of a physical, Billy was going to sign with the Mets,
I'm very content. If something did materialize, it would have to be something special.
Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.
Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.
He's got a little bit of baggage. We don't need any distractions.
I told Pope that I wished I could trade for the 40th guy on his (40-man) roster,
Everybody's looking for pitching and there's not a lot of pitching out on the market. Consequently, it's economics.
Everybody sits at home and gets the advantage of replays. If they want to huddle together for five minutes to get the play right, they could replay it in the same period of time or a shorter period of time and get it right.
The average annual value of a contract doesn't bother me as much as the length. In a 5-year contract, somebody is usually disappointed. If a player performs well, he feels he's underpaid. If he doesn't, the club feels like it got a raw deal. And, with pitchers, you're dealing with the injury factor. You need flexibility. You need to be able to change your roster around.