HEATH BELL RUMORS & GOSSIP
Newcomer spotlight: Heath Bell looks for fresh start with Rays
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- New team, fresh start, clean perspective.
Reliever Heath Bell looks to recapture the consistency that made him an All-Star each season from 2009 to 2011 with the San Diego Padres. After three consecutive years with a sub-3.00 ERA, he posted a 5.09 in 63 2/3 innings with the Miami Marlins in 2012.
Bell, 36, showed slight improvement last season with the Arizona...
Via Fox Sports Florida
11 days ago
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Heath Bell on time with D-Backs: “I always felt like I was trying to swim upstream”
Heath Bell has spent the last few years bouncing back and forth from coast to coast like a ping pong ball: from San Diego to Miami to Arizona and now to Tampa Bay.
"You'd think you'd sign a three-year deal and you'd stay in one place and not bounce around, but it's all right," the one-time right-handed closer told MLB.com on Friday in his new digs with...
Via Pro Sports Daily
13 days ago
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D-backs trade Bell to Tampa Bay, gain salary relief
PHOENIX -- The Diamondbacks did not wait until the winter meetings to start their repackaging, sending reliever Heath Bell to Tampa Bay and left-hander David Holmberg to Cincinnati in a three-team deal Tuesday.The D-backs added minor league right-hander Justin Choate and a player to be named from the Rays, but the major get was a heftier wallet, better to serve their long-term mission...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
December 03, 2013
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Heath Bell makes terrible dive while attempting to field bunt (Video)
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Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Heath Bell is not accustomed to fielding bunts. This became painfully obvious after his attempt to field a bunt by San Diego Padres batter Will Venable during the ninth inning of Friday night's game, as Bell's dive was terribly late and really ugly.
Venable's bunt was placed perfectly between...
Via Holdout Sports
May 25, 2013
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Bell gets mixed response in return to San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- When Heath Bell entered the game in the eighth inning Saturday night, San Diego fans let him know exactly what they thought of his five mostly remarkable seasons here.
Catcalls, combined with a smattering of appreciation.
Three 40-save years does not buy much any more.
Bell knew it was coming. He got the same thing last year, when he returned to Petco Park after signing...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
May 04, 2013
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Bell makes D-backs debut with much on mind
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Heath Bell wanted to make a positive first impression Saturday in his initial appearance with the Diamondbacks, and he did just that. But forgive him if his mind was occasionally elsewhere.
Bell's father underwent open-heart surgery Tuesday in Texas. Like the Marine he was, Jim Bell told his son to remain in Arizona and continue his spring work. And like...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
February 23, 2013
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ENJOY YOUR STAY?
Heath Bell traded to D-Backs
Heath Bell's first season with the Marlins was a disappointment, which is why he has been traded to the Diamondbacks in a three-team deal that also Chris Young to Oakland.
Via The Outside Corner
October 20, 2012
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Heath Bell: Ozzie Guillen is “hard to respect”
Been a long, rough season in Miami for the Marlins. Reliever Heath Bell was thought to be one of the better off-season pickups by the organization, especially since he was averaging about 45 saves over the previous 3 years. But Bell had a terrible start to the season, which led to him losing job. He [...]
Via The Victory Formation
September 24, 2012
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JUST AN AVERAGE AMERICAN
Marlins closer: I'm Kenny Powers
Marlins closer Heath Bell takes pride in his resemblance to Kenny Powers, the star in the comedy show "Eastbound and Down."
Via No Guts, No Glory
March 23, 2012
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MLB CRIBS
Video: Inside Heath Bell's sick backyard
So, yeah...I know what you're thinking. What do you get the All-Star reliever that just inked a three-year, $27 million contract with the Miami Marlins?Answer...a Benihana grill in his backyard, dummy.Check out this backyard that Heath Bell had custom-made for his family. I'm pretty sure the patio area is bigger than most places I've called "home".I can tell...
Via Hall of Very Good
January 25, 2012
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