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Baltimore Sun,
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Mankiewicz, Frank. “Veeck Balked in Havana, and so Did the Cubans.”
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———.
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———.
Dandy, Day and the Devil
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Modern Man
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Baseball Has Done It
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———. “What's Wrong With Negro Baseball.”
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Schmuhl, Robert. “Bill Veeck Belongs in Hall of Fame.”
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, July 16, 1996.

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———.
Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball
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America's Dizzy Dean.
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Casey at the Bat
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Arizona Daily Star
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Torchy!
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:
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———.
Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball History.
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———.
Pastime: Baseball as History
. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Baseball Research Journal
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———. “Those Who Came After.”
Sports Illustrated
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