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The Guiding Light - Sports Illustrated Vault
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Jackie Robinson Day. ninety feet of perfection.
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Grave Story: Hilton Smith (1907-1983) – RIP Baseball
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Ted 'Double Duty' Radcliffe – Society for American Baseball Research
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Drafting Negro Leagues' top players
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Baseball Memories With Late Major Leaguer Dave Hillman of Kingsport
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March, 2019
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MLB Celebrates Jackie Robinson's 75th Anniversary of Breaking
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Grave Story: Hilton Smith (1907-1983) – RIP Baseball
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Where Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Famers played college baseball
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Johnny Davis – Society for American Baseball Research
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Sutter inducted into Hall of Fame
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Feller, Paige teamed up for 1946 barnstorming tour