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Earlier this week I asked The Phillies Zone readers for any questions they had for Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee.
I picked what I considered the 10 best.
I asked.
Unfortunately, only eight questions made the newspaper because of space (a question about Adam Eaton, and my favorite question got cut). If you want, you can listen to the entire interview below. But for those who don't have the time, here's my favorite question that got axed:
Question: Do you have any brothers? If you do and you formed a musical group what would you call yourself since the Doobie Brothers has been taken? – Loyd K., Lincoln, Ill.
Answer: First of all, I don’t have any brothers. I have a sister. Second of all, I don’t think we have a bit of musical ability in our family, so I don’t think I’d ever have to worry about that question.
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Phil Sheridan remembers how Freddy Garcia, Jon Lieber and Eaton dragged down the Phillies last year. Garcia and Lieber are gone. He thinks it's time the Phillies leave Eaton behind.
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This week's Phillies Report, which includes the top 10 pieces of Phillies memorabilia sold since 2000 and notes from yesterday's 9-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg.
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Listen to the Q&A with Dubee.
Bob Brookover and Matt Gelb team up for their third straight season covering the Phillies for the Inquirer and philly.com.
This is Brookover’s second stint writing about the Phillies, having joined the coverage team after seven years as an Eagles beat writer. Brookover was hired by The Inquirer in 2000 as the Phillies beat writer after spending 13 years writing about the team for two suburban newspapers. While on the Eagles beat, Brookover, who had covered just two winning Phillies teams in 15 seasons, saw the Phillies move into a cash-cow new ballpark and begin playing a brand of the game he found unrecognizable. Follow him on Twitter here.
Gelb is in his third season covering the Phillies. He was hired by The Inquirer in August 2009 after graduating from Syracuse University. He has also covered baseball at The Star-Ledger and Cape Cod Times. Born and raised in Bucks County, he attended Central Bucks High School West. Follow him on Twitter here.
To submit a question for Matt Gelb's Phillies mailbag, click here.
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