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- ↑ Cubs sign first-round pick Pawelek
- 1 2 Kragthorpe, Kurt (June 8, 2015). "Cubs' top pick looks back, 10 years later". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ↑ Netherlands at the 2013 World Baseball Classic
