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Baseball does not have to rely on sex or violence to attract an audience, reader says in letter, right
Baseball does not have to rely on sex or violence to attract an audience, reader says in letter, right

Baseball does not have to rely on sex or violence to attract an audience, reader says in letter, right

Date4/22/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Baseball does not have to rely on sex or violence to attract an audience, reader says in letter, right. It is family entertainment, he points out. Above, Blue Jays pitcher Steve Hargan
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091545F
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