Published 2/16/2008
by Ken Mandel
at Major League Baseball News
Greg Dobbs began his offseason preparing to be the Phils' third baseman, even knowing the team tried to sign Mike Lowell and tried to convert Tadahito Iguchi. But that changed when Pedro Feliz was added to the roster. But you won't hear Dobbs complain.
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