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
Ed Wade put together the foundation of a good ball club here,
Everyone is all smiles today. I want to go home smiling 100 times this year. That's only 16 times a month.
Everybody needs pitching. There's not a lot of pitchers out there, ... So supply and demand.
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.
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,
It's always tough to move somebody who's a professional hitter. He's hit 400 homers in the big leagues. But it's a good situation for both clubs.
I told Pope that I wished I could trade for the 40th guy on his (40-man) roster,
We had a very thorough examination. Unless something unforeseen occurs, we think he'll be healthy and ready to perform the entire 2006 season.
We were disappointed. At the same time, you can't say you're shocked or surprised that something like this would happen.
We're making an adjustment to his arm action, and we want to see if he's making it.
We're getting better. We have players who are pretty focused.