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- ↑ "Oakland A's 5, Chicago White Sox 4". Baseball-Reference.com. September 27, 1983. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Ian MacDonald (December 9, 1983). "Yanks Must 'Overwhelm' Expos If They Hope To Secure Ace Rogers". The Gazette (Montreal) . Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2016.