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- ↑ Reilly, Rick. "AN AMERICAN CLASSIC" . Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Jon Peters, unbeaten in his high school baseball career at..." 23 April 1989. Retrieved 30 August 2016– via LA Times.
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