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- ↑ Kiwi Max Brown picked by Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball draft Stuff.co.nz 15 June, 2015
- ↑ Baseball: Auckland Tuatara re-sign local trio Max Brown, Jimmy Boyce and Luke Hansen New Zealand Herald 25 July, 2019
