David William Telgheder (born November 11, 1966) is an American former

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(MLB)

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who played for the

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and Oakland Athletics from 1993 to 1998.

Early life and amateur career

Telgedher was born in New York to Bill and Ruth Telgedher and raised on the fruit farm his parents owned in Slate Hill, New York. As a youth, he idolized

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and

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and was a fan of the

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"until Steinbrenner started trading everybody," including

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and

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. Telgheder attended the

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, and in 1987 he played collegiate summer baseball with the

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of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Mets in the 31st round of the

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Professional career

In 1999 he pitched for the

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in the

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organization.

Coaching and broadcasting career

He is currently an assistant principal and pitching coach for his alma mater,

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in Slate Hill, New York.Telgheder Pitches Useful Pointers Now
/ref> He also serves as a

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for Time Warner Cable 6 broadcasts of

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baseball games.

References

External links

Ultimate Mets Database - Dave Telgheder
1966 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada American sports announcers Baseball coaches from New York (state) Baseball players from New York (state) Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Columbia Mets players Edmonton Trappers players Harwich Mariners players Major League Baseball pitchers Minor League Baseball broadcasters Modesto A's players New York Mets players Norfolk Tides players Oakland Athletics players People from Middletown, Orange County, New York Pittsfield Mets players St. Lucie Mets players Tidewater Tides players UMass Minutemen baseball players Isenberg School of Management alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Williamsport Bills players High school baseball coaches in the United States New York Institute of Technology alumni LIU Post alumni {{US-baseball-pitcher-1960s-stub