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 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.
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.
Tom had a lot of passion for his job and for the Blue Jays, he was like Cal Ripken, ... He showed up day in, day out, rain or shine, day or night. He worked at his profession from day one until the final broadcast.
In a way, I feel like I'm going to work for a neighbor.
Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.
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.
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.
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.