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- ↑ Independent Softball Association Archived 2009-07-22 at archive.today
- ↑ "Bruce Allen Meade". www.usssa.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ House of Swing
- ↑ Legends of Softbal History
- ↑ LA Times: Bruce Meade Is Softball's King of Swat