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- ↑ "Baltimore Riots Cause Second White Sox-Orioles Game To Be Postponed - Hartford Courant". courant.com. Associated Press. 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Joe Maese - Ex-Raven Maese goes from football field to fire station - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". tribunedigital-baltimoresun.
