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Team officials weren't happy. Opinions were mixed in the clubhouse. And others around the team and league think it's much ado about nothing.
At issue were comments made recently by Phillies pitcher Jon Lieber. As released on the Official Site of Major League Baseball, the right-hander acknowledged received a pointer from former Marlins manager Joe Girardi last year. In a recent interview with the Philadelphia Daily News, Lieber said Girardi told him that some of the Marlins players noted that his pitches were flat.
Lieber and Girardi were former battery mates with the Chicago Cubs from 2000-02. Asked if Girardi's advice was helpful, Lieber said, "Yeah, there is no question."
They say professional sports are the biggest fraternity in the world. If people are friends they still help each other out. Sometimes it's hard to remember that baseball is a sport.