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SPORTS
The Superman of Baseball
The sport’s least-known figure, he controls baseball’s life blood as its absolute, unchallenged dictator
October
1
1941
LEO FISCHER
The Superman of Baseball
LEO FISCHER
October
1
1941
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SPORTS
The Superman of Baseball
The sport’s least-known figure, he controls baseball’s life blood as its absolute, unchallenged dictator
October
1
1941
LEO FISCHER
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