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J.R. Richard's Legacy Is the Reverence of The Batters He Faced
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AL@NL: Richard throws two scoreless in 1980 ASG
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The Baseball Analysts: November 2003 Archives
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J.R. Richard, a legendary Dodgers nemesis, dies at age 71 - True
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Remembering J.R. Richard - The Crawfish Boxes