Sports obituaries

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Al Naples, a SS whose MLB career was limited to starting two consecutive games for the 1949 Browns, died on 2/26 at age 94.

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Mike Bell, the current bench coach for the Minnesota Twins, died on 3/26 due to cancer. He was 46.

Part of the third generation of the Bell family in MLB (son of Buddy Bell, grandson of the late Gus Bell), his playing career in The Show was limited to 19 games at 3B with the 2000 Reds.

Dave Miedema

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Tom Robson, a PH-DH-1B who had brief playing stints with Texas in 1974 and '75 died on 4/20 at age 75.

After his retirement, Robson had coaching stints with both the Rangers and the Mets.

Dave M.

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Ray Miller, a longtime coach in MLB who managed both the Twins (1985-86) and the Orioles (1998-99) died earliert his week at age 76.

Miller's minor league pitching career spanned 10 seasons, mostly in the farm systems of Cleveland and Baltimore, although his initial season in pro ball was spent in the Giants organization (1964). Although his final 5 seasons of pitching were at the Triple-A level, h nver pitched in the Majors.

Dave Miedema