Amaro, Gillick
added to Phils’
winter banquet
READING — Philadelphia Phillies interim president Pat Gillick and general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. will be joining the guest list for the 2015 Phillies Winter Banquet presented by the Reading Eagle set for Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wyomissing.
Gillick and Amaro join Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg, reliever Ken Giles and outfielders Ben Revere and Domonic Brown in the Phillies’ annual tour stop in Reading. The banquet will be emceed by Phillies radio play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke.
Banquet starts at 6:30 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. for a cocktail hour. Individual tickets cost $65, with table reservations of 10 people costing $500. Seating and table reservations for the annual event benefitting Baseballtown Charities are available by calling (610) 370-BALL, visiting www.fightins.com or by stopping by the Fightins Ticket Office located at FirstEnergy Stadium.