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
No, I don't think it's a problem at all. A lot of ballparks these days see home runs fly out of them. I don't think the ballpark will be a problem in luring players here. If anything, I've heard a lot of comments about what a beautiful ballpark it is.
Right now, I think it's a good situation, ... I think we're blessed to have two players with that sort of record and sort of ability with our ball club.
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.
Ed Wade put together the foundation of a good ball club here,
The only time I really have to worry is sometimes I'm off thinking about something and walk through a green light and almost get hit by a car.
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 just felt this situation fit in the direction we wanted to go. We wanted to solidify the back end of the bullpen and we think Rhodes helps us do that.
Bobby and John kind of came from the same background,
Fans here are rabid, ... It's important that you connect to them.
We're disappointed. We thought we had a competitive offer.
We'll have to visually observe what he looks like. We'll get a pretty good idea over the next couple of days where he is.
We had a good situation with Howard and Thome here,
We're trying to get over the hump, and he's a big part of it,