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The Cycle, Issue 6: The Platonic Ideal of a Baseball Uniform
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San Diego Padres: The First Half Century: Larwin, Tom, Ferenchick, Steve, Young, Geoff, Cohen, Alan, Doutrich, Paul, Wolf, Gregory H., Larwin, Tom, Nowlin, Bill, Riechers, Carl, Levin, Len: 9781970159059: : Books
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From 1969 to 2019: A Timeline of the Padres in the MLB - San Diego Magazine
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Seattle Mariners Get Clutch Win Over Minnesota Twins
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1969 San Diego Padres
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Your guide to sports teams in San Diego, California - SDtoday
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The words of the Padres who played in the first game – April 8, 1969
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Ray and Joan Kroc – Society for American Baseball Research