PHILADELPHIA -- Pat Gillick fell short in his pursuit of CC Sabathia before the July 2008 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
He got Joe Blanton instead.
But Gillick, 80, always had a knack for making quality, incremental improvements to his 25-man rosters. Many of those upgrades helped the Phillies win the 2008 World Series, which is why he will be inducted onto the Phillies Wall of Fame with the late Roy Halladay on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park.
It will be Gillick's fourth Hall of Fame enshrinement.