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Former Cuban star and Phillies pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez dies at 34
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Former Philadelphia baseball player's battle with melanoma: 'I nearly died
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The Brain Cancer That Keeps Killing Baseball Players - The New York Times
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Dodgers' Freddie Freeman: The beauty behind the lefty's swing - Sports Illustrated
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Sean McDermott shares how he battles back against skin cancer
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Schmidt discusses his battle with melanoma
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Brave young woman who waged high-profile melanoma campaign loses cancer battle aged 28
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Everyone loved him': David West and his groceries played a key role for the 1993 Phillies
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Ex-Phillies brain cancer deaths need study: Dr. Marc Siegel
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Former Philadelphia baseball player's battle with melanoma: 'I nearly died
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Darren Daulton's family believes the Phillies icon's struggles and cancer were linked to the Vet's turf
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Six former Phillies died of the same cancer — was it the turf?
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Ex-Mets and Phillies pitcher dies at 57, joining 5 other ex-Phillies to die of brain cancer recently