Time and television information for the 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, where Bert Blyleven, Roberto Alomar and Pat Gillick will be enshrined in Cooperstown.
Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductions 2011: Pat Gillick Enshrined, Gives Humble Speech
The 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame class includes both the architect of the Toronto Blue Jays that won World Series titles in the 1990s and one of the cornerstones of that team. But the architect, general manager Pat Gillick, got to be inducted first at Cooperstown.
Gillick got the customary pre-speech video tribute from former Atlanta Braves general manager John Scheurholz. Praising Gillick as a “smart man” and a “good forward-thinker,” Scheurholz also lauded Gillick’s use of the Rule V Draft and clever work in building his teams in Toronto, Baltimore, Seattle, and Philadelphia, saying, “He did his job well and he did it right.” (Gillick, in his speech, joked, “John narrated it just as I wrote it.”)
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