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- ↑ "Sam Brenegan". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ↑ Dickson, Paul (1989). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary . United States: Facts on File. p. 313. ISBN 0816017417.
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