For the majority of my time as a Phillies fan, I had no idea who owned the team. I knew Pat Gillick and then eventually Ruben Amaro, Jr. handled the player-personnel, but who actually pulled the strings was beyond me. However, the Phillies ownership group – John Middleton and the Buck family – have started to emerge from the shadows in the past year.
Middleton and the rest of the ownership group made their first step into the spotlight when they formally introduced now-team president Andy MacPhail in June of 2015. Middleton recently did an interview with Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly, and you can read the full transcript here and here.