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- ↑ Durso, Joseph. "Mets Get Back Foli to Play Shortstop," The New York Times, Thursday, December 8, 1977. Retrieved October 23, 2020
- ↑ Bryn gets birthday gifts; Paul Carbray. The Gazette. Montreal: August 12, 1989
- ↑ Topps Baseball (1990), Card #352. Image available at Beckett.com Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
