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Who was the Nitro-born pitcher who led the Braves to victory over the Yankees in the 1957 World Series?
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Which future hall of famer once played minor league baseball for Williamson?
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Which minor league team relocated in 1952 to give Charleston its first AAA team?
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In the 1970s and 1980s, who was the successful coach of the Northfork Blue Demons, with an 85% winning record?
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Huntington's Bill Campbell was known as one of the nation's greatest amateur athletes at this sport?
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George Bird Evans wrote 27 books on what sporting topic?
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This South Charleston native starred at the University of Miami before becoming an all-pro player in the NFL, including a losing effort in Super Bowl XIV with the Los Angeles Rams in 1980.
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What year did the current Mountaineer Field open in Morgantown?
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After his retirement from baseball, what Negro Leagues star worked more than 20 years for West Virginia state government?
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When was West Virginia's first state Black high school basketball championship held?
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