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(From left to right) Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg at the All-Star Game, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., 1937.

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(From left to right) Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg at the All-Star Game, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., 1937.

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