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
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.
You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
He's a versatile player. It's important to have guys on your team who can play multiple positions.
Signing Billy is our top priority. I've learned through experience there is nothing more demoralizing to a team than consistently losing a game in the late innings. Wagner is dominant. He's very important to what we want to do. Billy told me we are at the top of his list.
The team we have, we're going to be competitive. Are we going to win the division? No. We have to improve.
He's our No. 1 priority. Nothing devastates a team more than consistently losing games in the late innings. You're going to blow a few, but if you blow too many it's going to affect the team.
He's our No. 1 priority, ... Nothing devastates a team more than consistently losing games in the late innings. You're going to blow a few, but if you blow too many it's going to affect the team.
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 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.
I'm so excited for Ryan. You certainly get only one opportunity for this honor. I'm so happy that he was selected.
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.