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Cuba’s Black Diamond

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From a Researcher’s Notebook (1981)

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Jim Sheckard: A Live Wire in the Dead-Ball Era

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Joe Oeschger Remembers

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Maury Wills and the Value of a Stolen Base

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Lots of Home Runs at Atlanta?

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Newly Discovered RBI Records

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Post-Playing Careers

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The Highest Scoring Games

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The Best Fielders of the 1970s

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The Hollywood Stars

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The Cannonball

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The Role of the Umpire in 1900

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The Durable Dodger Infield

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The Mets Open in New York

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