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The biggest Phillies story of the day just made its way to us in Kissimmee, via Ruben Amaro Jr.:
Chase Utley played four innings of an intrasquad game at the Phillies minor league complex in Clearwater today. He was 2 for 4, with a double and two strikeouts, and played four innings at second base.
Amaro said that the team's next move regarding Utley would come after checking in to see how he feels tomorrow. The team has been saying for days that they expect Utley to make his Grapefruit League debut sometime next week.
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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