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
I'm so excited for Ryan. You certainly get only one opportunity for this honor. I'm so happy that he was selected.
The talent in the American League is better than the National League. I had the opportunity with Seattle last year to see some National League games, and thought it overall wasn't the same.
There might be somebody out there that could provide us with a player that might fulfill some of the needs that we have. . . . I don't say you have to move these players but at least investigate every opportunity that might improve another area of your ball club.
Given the situation, it's really a chance for everybody to show what they can do. He's been good both offensively and defensively. It's a good opportunity for him to show what he can do.
I think we have a lot of work to do in the minor league system. We have to restock the minor league system. We have to get all the clubs to .500 or better.
Our corners are pretty good, ... In high school he played center, but I don't think he can play center anymore.
Jimmy will be a replacement in the event that somebody goes down, be it Jeter or be it Rodriguez.
My challenge is to try to coax five more wins out of this team to try to get us into the playoffs. Once you get into the playoffs, as we all know, you never know what happens.
I still have the drive, the competitiveness, the passion.
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.
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.
We're trying to add more depth to our pitching staff and give Charlie more people to look at in spring training.
We thought it was a pretty soft market. The market was overpriced.
We're trying to get over the hump, and he's a big part of it,