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
It's a possibility -- not a probability, but a possibility.
It used to be, when you think back 20, 30 or 40 years ago, when you got to be 68 or 65, you were about through,
They have some talent but it's going to be a very difficult situation for them. They'll be frustrated because of the losing in the short term. But in a couple of years they'll be OK. I'll tell you what -- I wish I had some of the players they have over there.
The main thing is I still have the drive, I still have the competitiveness, I still have the passion, I still want to go to work every day. As long as that's there, I'm going to keep after it as long as somebody will pay me.
The challenge here is to win five more games than last year, ... Ed Wade put together a good foundation, and they've been winning in the 80s the last four years. Usually you come to a club that needs major rebuilding, reconstructing, remodeling, whatever you want call it. That's not the case here.
The challenge here is to win five more games than last year,
This is a guy that has had a lot of success at the major league level as an everyday player. He's a professional who will add some much-needed depth to our infield and provide a strong right-handed bat off our bench.
The guy's a real professional. You could tell by his body language that it was a kick in the stomach.
The important thing is to build his arm strength. We want to keep him on track. He's going through Spring Training, because he really didn't get a lot of activity in the spring.
The goal was to improve our pitching. Right now, we're not where we want to be. We're not satisfied with where we are at the moment.
I think you're dealing in dangerous waters getting into four and five years with players. It's risky. I think it's very risky.
I want to win, and whatever the manager and the pitching coach think it takes, we'll go in that direction.
I will say this, sometimes it's addition by subtraction. That's sort of the way it is, but I don't want to knock somebody else.
Ed Wade put together the foundation of a good ball club here,