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- ↑ http://digitalballparks.com/SALLY/Macon22.html Sumter Braves become Macon Braves, Digitalballparks.com
- 1 2 http://digitalballparks.com/SALLY/Sumter17.html Sumter Braves relocate to Macon and Sumter gets a new franchise, Digitalballparks.com
- ↑ http://digitalballparks.com/SALLY/Sumter18.html New Sumter team is Sumter Flyers
- ↑ Baker, Kent (September 21, 1995). "South Atlantic League will have Delmarva Shorebirds next season". Baltimore Sun .
- ↑ "Sumter, South Carolina Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "USC Sumter Athletics - University of South Carolina Sumter". uscfireants.com.
- ↑ "Sports - Morris College". www.morris.edu.
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