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- ↑ The Bucks County Courier Times (Pa.) is a sister paper of The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) and the Burlington County Times (N.J.).
- ↑ Philadelphia Phillies Most Valuable Player Award. Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ↑ Philadelphia Phillies Most Valuable Pitcher Award. Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ↑ This award should not be confused with the Dallas Green Award first presented in 2012 by the Phillies to an amateur or professional scout. "Harper selected as 2012 Dallas Green Award winner". Philadelphia Phillies official website. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. August 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
Each year the club will present this award to an amateur or professional scout who best exemplifies the Phillies’ standard for scouting while demonstrating the same loyalty, work ethic, dedication and passion as the award’s namesake.
- ↑ This award should not be confused with the Tug McGraw Foundation's "Good Guy Award". News/Events: Gala 2007 > Awards Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine . Tug McGraw Foundation website. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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