Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle
Posted: Sunday, January 21st, 2007 4:37 pmIt is with great sadness that the Cincinnati Reds announce the death of former pitching coach Vern Ruhle, who died at 11 p.m. last night at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston of complications from a donor stem cell transplant for the treatment of multiple myeloma. …
Ruhle entered last season as the Reds’ Major League pitching coach, but during routine physical examinations in February he was diagnosed with cancer. He missed the entire season while receiving treatment for multiple myeloma.
For the 2007 season, Ruhle had been assigned to work as the organization’s pitching rehabilitation coordinator at its minor league complex in Sarasota, Florida. … Read full obituary
