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IN MEMORY                                                             IN MEMORY



                 DAN COUGHLIN                      BILL DEEGAN
                 SEPTEMBER 17, 1938 – OCTOBER 6, 2024 (86)  APRIL 13, 1935 – MARCH 22, 2024 (88)
                   · Former play-by-play announcer for     · American League umpire from 1971–1980
                  Cleveland Indians
                                                     · Home plate umpire for three games for
                                                    the 1984 American League Championship
                                                    Series
                 DOUG CREEK
                 MARCH 1, 1969 - JULY 28, 2024 (55)  MARTY DEMERRITT
                   · Pitched nine Major League seasons with
                  St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago (N. L.),   MARCH 4, 1953 – JANUARY 11, 2025 (71)
                  Tampa Bay, Seattle, Toronto and Detroit     · Former Major League and minor league
                                                    coach for Florida, Chicago (N.L.) and
                                                    Tampa Bay
                 MIKE CUBBAGE
                 JULY 21, 1950 – AUGUST 11, 2024 (74)  JACK DILAURO
                   · Played eight Major League seasons with   MAY 3, 1943 – DECEMBER 7, 2024 (81)
                  Texas, Minnesota and New York (N. L.)    · Pitched two Major League seasons for
                   · Was interim manager for seven games   New York (N.L.) and Houston
                  with New York (N.L.) and coached with     · 1969 World Series champion
                  New York (N.L.), Houston and Boston
                                                   ROB DOELGER
                 BOBBY CUELLAR                     AUGUST 26, 1967 – FEBRUARY 5, 2024 (56)
                 AUGUST 20, 1952 – JANUARY 20, 2025 (72)    · Former corporate communications
                   · Longtime minor league and Major   manager for Major League Baseball
                  League coach for Seattle, Montreal,
                  Texas, Pittsburgh and Minnesota,
                  spanning 37 years
                   · Pitched for Texas in 1977     LARRY DOLAN
                                                   FEBRUARY 8, 1931 – FEBRUARY 23, 2025 (94)
                                                     · Longtime Cleveland Guardians owner
                 BUD DALEY                           · Founder of SportsTime Ohio (now
                 OCTOBER 7, 1932 – OCTOBER 15, 2024 (92)  FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes)
                   · Pitched 10 Major League seasons with
                  Cleveland, Kansas City Athletics and New
                  York (A. L.)                     MIKE DOWNEY
                   · Four-time All-Star (two games each in   AUGUST 9, 1951- JUNE 12, 2024 (72)
                  1959 and 1960)                     · Former sports columnist for the Los
                   · Two-time World Series champion (1961,   Angeles Times, The Sporting News,
                  1962)                             Sport Magazine, Inside Sports
                                                     · Former sports correspondent for KABC
                                                    radio in Los Angeles and WJR radio in
                 PETE DALEY                         Detroit
                 JANUARY 14, 1930 – AUGUST 22, 2024 (94)    · Served as a panelist on ESPN’s The
                   · Played seven Major League seasons   Sports Reporters
                  with Boston, Kansas City Athletics and     · In statewide voting by peers, was
                  Washington Senators               selected as National Sportscasters and
                                                    Sportswriters Association Sportswriter
                                                    of the Year 11 times
                 RICH DAUER
                 JULY 27, 1952 – FEBRUARY 3, 2025 (72)  CARL ERSKINE
                   · Played 10 Major League seasons with
                  Baltimore                        DECEMBER 13, 1926 – APRIL 16, 2024 (97)
                   · Two-time World Series champion (1983     · Pitched 12 Major League season for
                  as a player & 2017 as a coach)    Brooklyn/Los Angeles (N.L.)
                   · One of few players to have won a College     · 1954 All-Star
                  World Series (twice) and MLB World     · 1955 World Series Champion
                  Series                             · Pitched two no-hitters in 1952 and 1956
                   · Former Major League coach for
                  Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee,
                  Colorado and Houston



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