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Al Shaw

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This Week in SABR: January 20, 2017

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Arizona Diamondbacks team ownership history

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Freddy Sanchez

The American dream of being a well-known baseball player was…

Dewon Brazelton

If the 2009 movie The Blind Side, for which Sandra Bullock received…

Jim Mecir

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Chris Carpenter

Chris Carpenter spent 15 seasons in major-league baseball,…

August 16, 1987: Tim Raines hits for the cycle

The Montreal Expos completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh…

May 2, 1987: Tim Raines makes a grand return to Expos

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Cleveland Guardians team ownership history

Steve Gromek, left and Larry Doby celebrate after Cleveland's…

Jim Busby

Jim Busby was a speed merchant when teams were buying power.…

Eli Cates

With high-school graduation behind them, it was time for the…

Ray Jablonski

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Jim Kennedy

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Kent Mercker

A journeyman in the best sense of the word, Kent Mercker made…

Alan Nathan

Alan Nathan never played in a big-league baseball game. Or in…

Ken Wood

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Overcoming Adversity: Baseball’s Tony Conigliaro Award, edited by Bill Nowlin and Clayton Trutor

SABR Digital Library: Overcoming Adversity: Baseball’s Tony Conigliaro Award

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Charles Parks and Leon Day (COURTESY OF LARRY LESTER)

Charles Parks

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Sherman Maxwell

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Robert “Cotton” Williams

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