Name: Pat (aka “Stand Pat”) Gillick
Age: 68 years old (born 8/22/37)
Distinguishing characteristics: Has two World Series rings from his days with Toronto and wears rose colored glasses…(How else can you explain the Ryan Franklin signing?)
Last Seen: In Boston, telling reporters that the Brett Myers fiasco was “not an embarrassment to the franchise."
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Tick…tick…tick…tick….tick
That is the sound of time ticking away before Monday’s trade dealine. Despite the urgency which everyone else in the Delaware Valley seems to sense, the Phils don’t seem to be willing to get off their collective a$$es and deal one of their several tradable assets. (No, I do not count yesterday’s trade of Sal Fasano as a meaningful deal. They basically released him two days earlier.) The Phils’ brass has to realize that the season is over and it’s time to become sellers at the deadline. Wait, maybe I don’t want to know the answer to that question.
It seems that the same sports terrorist group that kidnapped Bob Clarke at the start of the NHL free agency period has recently turned their attention to Pat Gillick. If Gillick’s not being held captive somewhere, then maybe he got held up going through customs at the Philadelphia International Airport as part of his weekly commute from Toronto to Philly. (Seriously, are we the only professional sports team in the country that has a GM that spends a portion of his week working out of his home in another country? Who would allow such an arrangement? Hmmm, none other than the hammerheads that own the Phils. The same group who thought it would be a good idea to let Brett Myers pitch one day after getting arrested for beating his wife.) For our sake, someone better inform Gillick that there are only 5 shopping days left for the contenders to pick over our roster and it’s time to get a move on if we hope to get some pieces in place to help this franchise in the future.
I have the distinct feeling that we’ll be left with Abreu, Burrell, Gordon and Cormier, but lose Delucci, who I’d love to keep as a replacement for Burrell, and Lieber and/or Lidle. However, while that plan seems predictable to us, we may be giving the Phils too much credit based on their lack of urgency.
The clock is ticking, Gillick. What are you going to do? What are YOU GOING TO DO!
3 comments:
I would hold off on the Gillick bashing until after the deadline. Looks like David Bell has just been traded. Yahoo! sports reports that half of the Phillies roster is on the trading block and that a deal was done for Burrell to go to Baltimore and he nixed it with his no trade clause.
Are you sure you are from Philly? Where's the trademark volatility that we are known for? Patience? Did you see that press conference tonight? He looked like he was about to keel over!!!
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