Famed baseball writer Holtzman dies at 81

 
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jerome Holtzman, a longtime baseball writer who made the Hall of Fame, created the s... [link]

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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jerome Holtzman dies

Jerome Holtzman, a longtime Chicago baseball journalist who ended up in the Baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 82 years old. Wood's blister popped, pressure still remains Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag RosenBlog: Next for ...
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Famed baseball writer Jerome Holtzman dies at 82

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jerome Holtzman, a longtime baseball writer who made the Hall of Fame, created the b...
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