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New Indians manager Manny Acta using World Series to winnow down staff candidates
GM Mark Shapiro says new manager Manny Acta has been interviewing candidates for his staff almost every day.
Quotes On the Belcher Hire
Quotes On the Belcher Hire
indiansprospectinsider.com — Here is a recap of Friday's conference call the media had with Indians manager Manny Acta, GM... Mark Shapiro, and new pitching coach Tim Belcher on the hiring of Belcher as pitching coach. It should also be noted that Acta hinted that the infield ... (more) Quotes On the Belcher Hire

Cleveland Indians interested in returning Sandy Alomar Jr. to Acta's coaching staff
cleveland.com — The Indians have talked to the New York Mets about adding former All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr.... to new manager Manny Acta's coaching staff. (more) Cleveland Indians interested in returning Sandy Alomar ...
Cleveland Indians name Tim Belcher pitching coach for new manager Manny Acta
cleveland.com — For the last eight years, Belcher, 48, has worked with the Indians as a special assistant to... the baseball operations department. (more) Cleveland Indians name Tim Belcher pitching coach for ...
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It's all going according to plan....so far
The Tribe Daily — ... Now there is a chance the Indians still go with someone like Scott Radinsky or Dave Miller as their bullpen coach, if they hire one or neither as their pitching coach. The first two coaches that Acta is aiming to get: Pitching Coach and Infield Coach (Torey Lovullo would probably do that if he was hired, seem coincidental?) ...

Indians: An Indian Summer Lazy Sunday
Ohio Sports Report — ... be disparaged for a lack of acumen because of a lack of perceived progress by some player in the future, as that's just the nature of the beast. Just ask oft-maligned former hitting coach Derek Shelton (who was a favorite whipping boy, particularly at the beginning of the 2008 season), who took all of 16 days to find another MLB hitting coach gig for a team that figures to be better than the Indians for the foreseeable future. Staying on the topic of the coaching staff, seeing as how it was reported on Tuesday that "Indians manager Manny Acta would like to name a pitching ...

An Indian Summer Lazy Sunday
The DiaTribe — ... Staying on the topic of the coaching staff, seeing as how it was reported on Tuesday that “Indians manager Manny Acta would like to name a pitching coach and infield coach first” and with Tim Belcher now in the fold, isn’t it pretty obvious that those were two of the positions that were going to be filled internally? Let me know when it’s time to say, “Torey Lovullo…come on down” to manage the infielders and take on some role as a base coach, then turn our attention to other names that we know little about and whose resumes are sure to be pored over unnecessarily to fill the ...

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