LAKELAND, Fla. -- Rich Dubee had a simple response when asked what it was like to work with Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay during his time as a pitching coach in Philadelphia.
"Good players make you look real smart," the new Tigers pitching coach said Saturday.
If the Tigers' pitching staff rebounds as many hope, Dubee will look like a genius. At this point, though, Dubee is learning, not just about his pitchers but their personalities.
He can preach about the value of pitching on the inner part of the plate, talk about the value of first-pitch strikes and working ahead in counts.