Tim Belcher

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  www.the-review.com/news/article/4204822 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/7/2008    Last Visited: 8/10/2008  

  After two years at Marietta, Alazaus transferred to Mount Vernon Nazerene, an NAIA school which has several pitchers drafted by Major League Baseball teams, including former Cincinnati Reds' starter Tim Belcher, now employed by the Cleveland Indians.

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  Tim Belcher

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  www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=275 - [Cached Version]
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  Tim Belcher's stint as a conductorBaseballAmerica.com: Blog: Baseball America Prospects Blog » Blog Archive » Everybody . . . On Three
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  With both teams lined up, the K-Tribe on the field and all 706 fans standing and waiting for a few moments, 14-year major league veteran righthander Tim Belcher decided to take matters into his own hands.
  
  "OK, everybody, here we go . . . 1-2-3," Belcher announced before leading the crowd in the Anthem, finally allowing Indians lefthander David Huff to get his warmup tosses underway.
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  Belcher, who serves as a special assistant to Indians general manager Mark Shapiro, was specifically in town to see the Tribe's first pick in the 2006 draft.
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  "You see those little moments happen in minor league stadiums all the time-it was just one of those uncomfortable silences," Belcher said.
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  "There was an older gentleman who was a Korean War veteran that came over and said, 'Thanks for doing that,' " Belcher said.

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  1992 Bowman Regular Issue - Cincinnati Reds Team Set - [Cached Version]
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  Bartlesville Community Foundation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/1/2007    Last Visited: 8/24/2008  

  Featured speakers are Tim Belcher, special assistant to baseball operations of the Cleveland Indians and Sam Riggleman, the Head Baseball Coach of Spring Arbor University.

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  Cavs finally find success . . . at deceiving fans - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2002    Last Visited: 7/6/2002  

  For Lee's debut earlier this week in Akron, Indians assistant general manager Chris Antonetti, assistant director for player development Ross Atkins and special assistant Tim Belcher were all in the stands - furiously scribbling notes whenever the lefty prospect was on the mound.

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  Muncie, Indiana - TheStarPress.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/29/2002    Last Visited: 8/29/2002  

  Among those donating through them to the MDA were Tracy Roller, Ball State University women's basketball coach; Bill Lynch, Ball State football coach; Gene Keady, Purdue University football coach, and Tim Belcher, a member of the Cleveland Indians.

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  Published on: 6/5/2006    Last Visited: 7/15/2006  

  Tim Belcher, now a special assistant in the Indians front office, was the top player selected that year, going to the Twins.

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  Recovery Is the Big Test for Brown and Ashby - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/18/2002    Last Visited: 2/18/2002  

  VERO BEACH, Fla. -- It wasn't so much the arm strength that Tim Belcher missed; it was that zip at the end of his pitches, that finishing snap of his fingers that gave his fastball late movement.
  
  Belcher, the former Angel pitcher, underwent surgery to repair a torn flexor muscle in his throwing elbow in early December, 1999, the same procedure Dodger pitchers Kevin Brown and Andy Ashby are recovering from this spring.
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  Like Brown and Ashby, doctors gave Belcher, who was 38 at the time, a five-month recovery window.
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  But Belcher had numerous setbacks in 2000, he opened the season on the disabled list and remained there until June 17.After a two-week stint in the big leagues, Belcher returned to the disabled list on July 3 and wasn't activated again until Sept. 8. He went 4-5 with a 6.86 earned-run average in nine starts that season but was never the same.He retired last spring.
  
  "My velocity was adequate, but there was no life on the ball when it got to the plate," said Belcher, who now works in the Cleveland Indians' front office."That's what I lacked post-surgery.How much of that was a product of the procedure and how much of it was age, I don't know.But the act of finishing a pitch is where I'd be concerned."
  
  Knowing Brown and Ashby are "workout fanatics," knowing the two right-handers are in excellent shape, Belcher believes both will recover fully.
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  Belcher felt the mental hurdles of overcoming surgery were as difficult as the physical ones.
  
  "Kevin and Andy take great care of themselves, so the physical aspects of the comeback should be fine; the X-factor is the mental," Belcher said."It's human nature.The flexor tendon can be a real sensitive area, and it's hard to do something that hurts so much the last time you did it....These things are hard to predict."
  
  Like several players from the Dominican Republic this winter, a discrepancy in a birth certificate caused visa problems for pitcher Odalis Perez, who arrived in camp Sunday afternoon and will join the Dodgers for workouts today.

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