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Patrick Purtell

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Ernie Lanigan

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Andy Rudolph

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Merle Harmon

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Jim Tugerson

Jim Tugerson

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Ernie Harwell (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Ernie Harwell

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Ray Lane (Courtesy of Michigan Sports Hall of Fame)

Ray Lane

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Larry Osterman (Courtesy of the Detroit Tigers)

Larry Osterman

Larry Osterman’s career as a Detroit Tigers broadcaster spanned…

Robert Hedges

The first owner of the St. Louis Browns, Robert Hedges was a…

Jim Rantz

Although he went through the University of Minnesota on a hockey…

Alphonso Gerard

One lone ballplayer from the U.S. Virgin Islands played in the…

Marge Schott

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Arch McDonald

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Philip Wrigley

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Lee Allen

At the time of his death in 1969, Lee Allen had been the historian…
Eddie Bennett (Library of Congress)

Eddie Bennett

Any objective summary of Eddie Bennett’s contributions to baseball…

Charles Pinkney

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Eddie Brannick (New York Times)

Eddie Brannick

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Christian Meisel

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Barney Joy

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Andrew Freedman

Chroniclers of the game have rarely been kind to Andrew Freedman,…
Alex Pompez (Trading Card Database)

Alex Pompez

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Thomas Kain

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