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GaryMrMets

11-23-2005, 01:24 AM

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GaryMrMets

11-23-2005, 01:26 AM

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<table width="162" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tr valign="top"><td align="center">Phillies GM Pat Gillick</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Dear Gary:
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the very positive response I've gotten since joining the Phillies last month. Through all my years in baseball, I always heard about how passionate the Philadelphia sports fans are and it's been fun to see it up close and personal. Sometime soon, I will be part of a chat session on phillies.com to answer some of your questions.

I would also like to bring you up to speed on what I've been doing the past few weeks. Two weeks ago, Ruben Amaro Jr., Mike Arbuckle and I attended the General Managers meetings in Palm Springs, California. I feel the meetings we had with agents and other teams were very positive and productive. While I can't talk about specific conversations we had, I can tell you that we are exploring various ways to improve the team. Despite having the fourth-best record in the National League last season, it wasn't good enough to get us to the playoffs.

As we've stated before, retaining Billy Wagner as our closer remains our top priority this winter. Last week, Ruben, Charlie Manuel and I visited Billy and his wife, Sarah, at their home in Virginia. We had a very candid back-and-forth discussion. In my opinion, I think all of us left the meeting feeling good.

Another topic I wanted to cover was my staff. While I have retained Ruben and Mike as Assistant General Managers and Charlie as the field manager, I have added Don Welke, a baseball scout for the last 40 years. He joins the organization as one of my Special Assistants. Don has worked with me before in both Toronto and Baltimore and I couldn't be happier that he's now part of our team. He, Gordon Lakey, our Major League Scout, and John Vukovich, another Special Assistant, will be my eyes and ears around Major League Baseball.

With Ruben, Mike, Charlie, Don, Vuke, Gordon and Dallas Green, I feel we have an excellent, seasoned baseball staff. They are a group of experienced baseball men who will not be shy about giving their opinions on whatever topic I throw at them.

Two weeks from today, most of us will be in Dallas, Texas, for the Winter Meetings. Again, we will be there for the sole purpose of improving our team any way we can.

Finally, I'd like to wish you and your family a very happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Happy Holidays!

Pat

Pat Gillick
General Manager
The Phillies

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