Velasquez wants to emulate dad's mindset

PHILADELPHIA -- Gathered around the dinner table, family decisions are nothing new to the Velasquez household. It's the way all major choices get made.

Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez grew up living with a former Marine, a UPS driver, an Energizer Bunny, a best friend and his biggest supporter. And those were just the roles his father played.

The attendance at such meetings -- ignoring the many caps that Vince's father Leonard Velasquez Sr. wears -- tallies five: Vince, his two brothers, his mother and father.

New car? Family decision. Vince's professional baseball contract? Family decision.

But before buying a car and before the MLB contract, a sidelined 18-year-old freak athlete sat at…