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- ↑ "Shane Dennis Minor & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History".
- ↑ "Shane Dennis fired after 13 years with Shocker Baseball - The Sunflower: Sports". www.thesunflower.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21.
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