Philadelphia Phillies general manager Pat Gillick says he is retiring -- again. But will baseball let him? How long will an owner desperate to win wait before calling Gillick and making him an offer he can't refuse? Remember, the man has retired three times previously but has been lured back each time. He's a baseball lifer. And he knows what it takes to win. There were those who questioned him in Philadelphia when, in the midst of the 2006 season, his first on the job, he decided to dismantle the team, trading Cory Lidle and Bobby Abreu to the Yankees in late July and David Bell to Milwaukee shortly before that. "I thought we had to change the thinking of the club," Gillick said. At the time, he predicted the Phillies would be ready to contend again in 2008. They were actually a year ahead of schedule and won the National...
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