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    43 . David Steele interview with the author, March 14, 2007.
     
    44 . Brent Kelley,
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    45 . Recording of proceedings from “For the Love of the Game: A Reunion of the Major League Players of the Negro Leagues,” August 1991. Archives of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Cooperstown, NY.
     
    46 . Doug Grow, “She Wasn’t Afraid to Swing for the Fences,” Minneapolis–Saint Paul
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Alameda Journal
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