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- ↑ "Al Helfer and the Game of the Day", Society for American Baseball Research
- 1 2 Baseball America , June 13–26, 2011, page 40
- 1 2 Topkin, Marc (May 1, 2011). "Rays Tales: Greener pastures?". St. Petersburg Times . Archived from the original on August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Kirby, Gene; Carter, Bo; McDonald, Mark S. (2016). Dizzy: Dean of Baseball & My Podnah. Dust Devil Books. ISBN 978-0990971139.