Michael Allen Bell (born April 22, 1968) is an American former

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player for the

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and a number of minor league teams. He attended

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in the off-season. Bell, who was playing for the

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when the film ''

Bull Durham ''Bull Durham'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film. It is partly based upon the minor-league baseball experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor-league baseball team in ...

'' was released, wrote the name of the main character, Crash, on his

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most ...

during the 1988 season.

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