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2021 – Twins bench coach Mike Bell will miss all of spring training after recently undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. Manager Rocco Baldelli made the announcement this morning that Bell, who comes from one of the game’s most storied multi-generational MLB families, would remain at home in Arizona to continue recovering after he had surgery to remove a tumor from his kidney on January 28. Bell, who is beginning his second season with the Twins, is the younger brother of Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell, son of Reds vice president and senior advisor to the general manager Buddy Bell and grandson of Gus Bell, a four-time All-Star whose 15-season career ended in 1964. Mike and David’s youngest brother, Ricky, also played 10 seasons professionally. Mike Bell passed away on March 26, 2021.
