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The Last Great MiLB Contraction
More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche. Researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement to the Major Leagues' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language.
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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball [Book]
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball A Complete Record of Teams, Leagues and Seasons, 1876–2019, 4th ed. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff
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The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball - McFarland
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Johnny Davis – Society for American Baseball Research
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Minor League Baseball - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Baseball - Wikipedia
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baseball - Students, Britannica Kids
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Arkansas Travelers [Baseball Team] - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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Nimmo and Judge Back Home Where They Belong - NY Sports Day
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Kansas City Athletics Missouri Encyclopedia
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Day 28 of 2023 baseball books: Sweating the minor stuff – Tom Hoffarth's The Drill: More Farther Off the Wall
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Cuban Babe (Ruth): The Story of Seven Cubana Women in Professional Baseball
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Virtual Voices of the Game: Leslie Heaphy, baseball, history
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VAMOS GATOS: 15 Years of Excellence for the ValleyCats, by Peter Fiorentino