The former Phillies coach is joining a familiar face in the PGCBL.
Rich Dubee, who managed the Phillies pitching staff during the franchise’s greatest era, has found a new gig.
Dubee will join the coaching staff of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s Saugerties Stallions, who are managed by none other than Charlie Manuel’s son, Collin Martin.
The Stallions announced the hiring of Dubee Monday afternoon on their social media platforms.
A little insider baseball comes with this story with my personal connection to the Stallions and PGCBL. One of my best friends from college was the Stallions’ broadcaster and I worked for the PGCBL’s Elmira Pioneers broadcast team, so I knew Dubee’s connection to the Stallions’ coaching staff was more than him just getting a job and that there’s a personal connection to Manuel built-in.
The PGCBL is a summer league for college players, a lot of whom either want to paly more or didn’t play a ton in college. A lot of highly recruited high school players who sit out their freshman year get at-bats and innings in this league, so it gives Dubee an opportunity to help young pitchers develop.
The Stallions just got a whole lot better. Rich Dubee is the best pitching coach I’ve ever had the privilege to be around and was a huge part of the Phillies’ success from 2007-11. Congrats to my longtime friend! https://t.co/pfyVqpYhkQ
— Charlie Manuel (@CMBaseball41) September 16, 2019
Everything goes full circle for Dubee, who worked under Manuel from 2005-13 and coached the likes of Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt, and Cliff Lee in his Phillies career. Dubee served in the same role for Florida and most recently Detroit in 2017.
It’s not a bad recruiting tool for Saugerties to bring college kids to a small New York town to ride buses for hours in the summer.