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 was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
My label in Toronto was Stand Pat and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.
Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.
In a way, I feel like I'm going to work for a neighbor.
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.
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,
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.
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 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.
I'm very content. If something did materialize, it would have to be something special.
The guy's a real professional. You could tell by his body language that it was a kick in the stomach.
I don't think internally that we have the key to solve the situation. We'll have to go outside the organization.