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- ↑ "Recruiting Column: Interview with Cal Lutheran baseball coach Marty Slimak". June 23, 2017.
- 1 2 Lassen, David (July 14, 1993). "Slimak is new CLU coach (II)". Thousand Oaks News Chronicle. p. 24. Retrieved November 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hiserman, Mike (July 14, 1993). "Slimak Will Try to Make Name for Himself as CLU Coach : College baseball: He replaces Hill, who built Cal Lutheran into a Division III power, then took Division I job". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 12, 2023.
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- ↑ Lassen, David (July 14, 1993). "Slimak is new CLU coach (I)". Thousand Oaks News Chronicle. p. 23. Retrieved November 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.