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| | SABR :|| Convention | SABR 35 - Dizzy Dean--Quintessential Southerner (Research Presentation) |
 | | King II Born in Arkansas and raised there and in Oklahoma, this under-educated son of a poor cotton sharecropper went from dirty overalls and bare feet to riches. |
 | | Not long after, following a damaged arm which cut short his pitching career, Dean became a fabled radio and then television broadcaster who sang, joked, boasted, and slaughtered the English language on his way to the top of the charts. |
 | | It was his voice and image that brought "The Game of the Week" into millions of homes which had been previously deprived of viewing major league baseball. |
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