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Trout committed to attend East Carolina University on a baseball scholarship.[11] Though scouted by MLB teams, Trout was passed over by teams in the draft as players from New Jersey typically do not play baseball throughout the year, as they do in warmer states such as California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona.[9]
This is a really poorly written paragraph. It leads the reader to believe that Trout was not drafted at all. However, the very next section begins by telling us that Trout was selected in the first round (first round!) as the 25th pick of the entire draft!
I would suggest editing the second sentence in this paragraph to read: "Heavily scouted by MLB teams, Trout was not selected as early in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft as expected, perhaps due to geographical bias. Players from New Jersey, like Trout, typically do not play baseball throughout the year, as often occurs in states in milder climates, like California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona (citation)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.168.191.162 ( talk) 12:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
This section talks about his high school playing days, but does not mention his time playing for the prominent youth baseball organization Tri-State Arsenal, or his performances at the Area Code Games or with Team USA. I'm going to add some of this info. Kidd hudi ( talk) 00:57, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
I noticed that this article does not state that the nickname, "The Millville Meteor", was fabricated by pranksters. It was then erroneously picked up by other websites, which was in turn used as citations for the false nickname. See link below. http://www.deceptology.com/2013/03/how-deception-gave-ball-player-his.html 2602:306:374B:C200:61F5:A19E:430F:385E ( talk) 20:14, 4 July 2014 (UTC)ZXC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:374B:C200:61F5:A19E:430F:385E ( talk) 20:10, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
So how do we get the main article changed? Do we have to convince a mod that the original articles are erroneous and ours are correct? 2602:306:374B:C200:926:E17:B220:21E ( talk) 02:02, 7 July 2014 (UTC)zxc
Is there any reason to not just remove it? There's no citation, after all. Or does someone keep putting it back? -- JackBNimble11 ( talk) 04:36, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
I've updated some sections of the article over the last couple days. The "Amateur career" section is a little cleaner with some opinion removed and more facts added. I added to the "Off the field" section to reflect some of Trout's endorsements and some references to him in pop culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kidd hudi ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
As part of a course, our webpage is: /info/en/?search=Education_Program_talk:Cornell_University/Online_Communities_(Fall_2014) me and some of my colleagues have decided to edit this wikipedia page. My group's usernames are as follows: User: Kidd_hudi (who will be updating the wikipedia page) and User: Im257 Im257 (who will be helping with the research for this article) ( talk) 17:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Edits to current section:
This section makes no mention of Greg Morhardt, the Angels' scout who was adamant that the team select him. There should also be some information about how the Yankees were also very high on Trout and were, rumor has it, going to select Trout with their top pick that year. Kidd hudi ( talk) 01:06, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
This section could use a sub-section about cultural references to Trout. He was once the answer to a Jeopardy clue, and Barack Obama used him as an analogy for the farm bill, for example. Trout also appears in Subway commercials, which I believe began during the Super Bowl in 2013. Kidd hudi ( talk) 01:07, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
About Trout's performance at the 2010 Area Code Games [1]
Trout's performance with Team USA in the 2010 Pan American Qualifiers [2]
Article about Trout's youth travel team, Tri-State Arsenal [3]
Article about Greg Morhardt pushing for the Washington Nationals to draft Trout [4]
For these two sources we will discuss the ways in which Trout is starting to become a house-hold name by being featured as a Jeopardy question [5] and being mentioned by President Obama as someone who ″could do a little bit of everything.″ [6]
Im257 ( talk) 17:45, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
References
Skylerd23 ( talk) 18:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Kevin ( talk) 18:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Overall the article is sourced well. Whenever a claim is made about being the best at something (best player, best prospect, best offensive player, etc. ) try to back it up with multiple sources. A good example of this when Trout won the Heart and Hustle Award; this has two sources. Any information in the info box should be referenced explicitly some where in the article. For example if he was AL stolen base champion in 2012, say this somewhere in the article. If you can try to avoid citing sites like sbnation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjm274 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Kidd hudi & Im257: Thanks for your additions to this article. Just a few thoughts on how you could improve your contributions (and the article as a whole)
Sure, that might seem cool, but hundreds of thousands of clues have been on Jeopardy, so Mike Trout being one of them isn't that important for a Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew11111 ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
@ Make America Great Again:, @ Yankees10:, you're both edit warring. I'm restoring it to the way it was per WP:BRD. Now's the time to discuss, not revert. – Muboshgu ( talk) 00:14, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Where is the policy that disallows the Fielding Bible award to be shown on Trout's page? Justin15w ( talk) 17:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
I updated a citation that was needed regarding the 2014 American League Division Series. I edited the sentence with reference to Game 3 versus the Kansas City Royals, to provide more clarity and used this Baseball Reference page as a source which has been used previously. Rajesh.kl ( talk) 20:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
The MVP award is not announced by MLB. It is announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.79.70.2 ( talk) 04:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Is this name really prominent enough to be in the first sentence of the lead, in bold, as if it's used as often as his actual name? Because I've never once heard him referred to as that. Lizard ( talk) 04:38, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
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I want to update his career information. 76.169.163.115 ( talk) 19:12, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Trout's second place MVP finishes should be updated to include 2018. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.188.6.58 ( talk) 23:40, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
We list his height and weight in the lede.
Questions:
1) Should we? We don't do this for most ballplayers.
2) If it is ok to do it with some but not all ballplayers, what are the criteria that call for it? Unusual height or weight? That's not the case with him.
3) The lede is supposed to summarize what is in the text/body. But this does not appear in the text or body (as seems to be usual when we reflect it at all).
4) If this is relevant, shouldn't it be part of the baseball player infobox? Just like the hockey player infobox? And the cricketer infobox? And the climber infobox? And the bowler (height) infobox? And the cyclist infobox? And the field hockey player infobox? And the lacrosse player infobox? And the rugby player infobox? Etc.
-- 2604:2000:E010:1100:90BB:B6FB:343D:D463 ( talk) 20:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
I have updated the stats to 2019, but there appear to be other categories that he has been a league leader in. Unfortunately I am not a baseball fan so don't understand the significance or relevance of some of them. Can someone please check baseball-reference and 1. check that my update is correct, and 2. see if any others should be added. Koncorde ( talk) 12:49, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
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200th Stolen Base recorded August 31, 2019, making Trout the youngest ever player to hit 200+ career home runs and 200+ career stolen bases. 2605:E000:AA8D:7000:B010:42CA:1CBF:C7C5 ( talk) 17:29, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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remove “The millville meteor“ add “south jersey slugger” reliable sources 2601:83:C100:12B0:9902:3A4F:8DE3:1DF3 ( talk) 22:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Should there not be a notice that his rookie card got sold for a record $900K? [1] Garnhami ( talk) 20:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
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Please de-capitalize "A Division" in the phrase "Cal Ripken Baseball, A Division of Babe Ruth League" 64.203.187.116 ( talk) 16:27, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
His homeruns are up to 300 now Keegs353 ( talk) 23:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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The article states that Mike Trout is friends with Eagle’s QB Carson Wentz, but he is no longer with the Eagles. Just was suggesting the addition of “former”. 2601:645:4301:3C10:B1DC:EB3:7C6E:28E9 ( talk) 20:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
I strongly believe that the introductory paragraph should be updated to reflect Trout's common perception as a good player, rather than a list of his accolades. User Larry Hockett responded to my change by saying that the lead section "is really just a summary of what's covered in the body of the article", and I agree with this suggestion, yet I feel that the article is much better summarized through a succinct, qualitative description of Trout than through a modestly specific list of accolades he has received, which is much more difficult for a layman to understand. Other sports do this much better -- as I noted, top players in association and American football, hockey, and basketball are all qualitatively noted in their lede sections, which I think provides a much easier to understand perception of the quality of player. PS BC BBSK ( talk) 21:18, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
This article states that Trout has season tickets for the Eagles, but the source was written 2017. I couldn't find any source stating Trout has season tickets written recently. Suggestion: change holds the held. SuspiciousPenguin2 ( talk) 11:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 04:06, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Trout committed to attend East Carolina University on a baseball scholarship.[11] Though scouted by MLB teams, Trout was passed over by teams in the draft as players from New Jersey typically do not play baseball throughout the year, as they do in warmer states such as California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona.[9]
This is a really poorly written paragraph. It leads the reader to believe that Trout was not drafted at all. However, the very next section begins by telling us that Trout was selected in the first round (first round!) as the 25th pick of the entire draft!
I would suggest editing the second sentence in this paragraph to read: "Heavily scouted by MLB teams, Trout was not selected as early in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft as expected, perhaps due to geographical bias. Players from New Jersey, like Trout, typically do not play baseball throughout the year, as often occurs in states in milder climates, like California, Texas, Florida, and Arizona (citation)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.168.191.162 ( talk) 12:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
This section talks about his high school playing days, but does not mention his time playing for the prominent youth baseball organization Tri-State Arsenal, or his performances at the Area Code Games or with Team USA. I'm going to add some of this info. Kidd hudi ( talk) 00:57, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
I noticed that this article does not state that the nickname, "The Millville Meteor", was fabricated by pranksters. It was then erroneously picked up by other websites, which was in turn used as citations for the false nickname. See link below. http://www.deceptology.com/2013/03/how-deception-gave-ball-player-his.html 2602:306:374B:C200:61F5:A19E:430F:385E ( talk) 20:14, 4 July 2014 (UTC)ZXC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:374B:C200:61F5:A19E:430F:385E ( talk) 20:10, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
So how do we get the main article changed? Do we have to convince a mod that the original articles are erroneous and ours are correct? 2602:306:374B:C200:926:E17:B220:21E ( talk) 02:02, 7 July 2014 (UTC)zxc
Is there any reason to not just remove it? There's no citation, after all. Or does someone keep putting it back? -- JackBNimble11 ( talk) 04:36, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
I've updated some sections of the article over the last couple days. The "Amateur career" section is a little cleaner with some opinion removed and more facts added. I added to the "Off the field" section to reflect some of Trout's endorsements and some references to him in pop culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kidd hudi ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
As part of a course, our webpage is: /info/en/?search=Education_Program_talk:Cornell_University/Online_Communities_(Fall_2014) me and some of my colleagues have decided to edit this wikipedia page. My group's usernames are as follows: User: Kidd_hudi (who will be updating the wikipedia page) and User: Im257 Im257 (who will be helping with the research for this article) ( talk) 17:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Edits to current section:
This section makes no mention of Greg Morhardt, the Angels' scout who was adamant that the team select him. There should also be some information about how the Yankees were also very high on Trout and were, rumor has it, going to select Trout with their top pick that year. Kidd hudi ( talk) 01:06, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
This section could use a sub-section about cultural references to Trout. He was once the answer to a Jeopardy clue, and Barack Obama used him as an analogy for the farm bill, for example. Trout also appears in Subway commercials, which I believe began during the Super Bowl in 2013. Kidd hudi ( talk) 01:07, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
About Trout's performance at the 2010 Area Code Games [1]
Trout's performance with Team USA in the 2010 Pan American Qualifiers [2]
Article about Trout's youth travel team, Tri-State Arsenal [3]
Article about Greg Morhardt pushing for the Washington Nationals to draft Trout [4]
For these two sources we will discuss the ways in which Trout is starting to become a house-hold name by being featured as a Jeopardy question [5] and being mentioned by President Obama as someone who ″could do a little bit of everything.″ [6]
Im257 ( talk) 17:45, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
References
Skylerd23 ( talk) 18:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Kevin ( talk) 18:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Overall the article is sourced well. Whenever a claim is made about being the best at something (best player, best prospect, best offensive player, etc. ) try to back it up with multiple sources. A good example of this when Trout won the Heart and Hustle Award; this has two sources. Any information in the info box should be referenced explicitly some where in the article. For example if he was AL stolen base champion in 2012, say this somewhere in the article. If you can try to avoid citing sites like sbnation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjm274 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Kidd hudi & Im257: Thanks for your additions to this article. Just a few thoughts on how you could improve your contributions (and the article as a whole)
Sure, that might seem cool, but hundreds of thousands of clues have been on Jeopardy, so Mike Trout being one of them isn't that important for a Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew11111 ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
@ Make America Great Again:, @ Yankees10:, you're both edit warring. I'm restoring it to the way it was per WP:BRD. Now's the time to discuss, not revert. – Muboshgu ( talk) 00:14, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Where is the policy that disallows the Fielding Bible award to be shown on Trout's page? Justin15w ( talk) 17:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
I updated a citation that was needed regarding the 2014 American League Division Series. I edited the sentence with reference to Game 3 versus the Kansas City Royals, to provide more clarity and used this Baseball Reference page as a source which has been used previously. Rajesh.kl ( talk) 20:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
The MVP award is not announced by MLB. It is announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.79.70.2 ( talk) 04:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Is this name really prominent enough to be in the first sentence of the lead, in bold, as if it's used as often as his actual name? Because I've never once heard him referred to as that. Lizard ( talk) 04:38, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
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I want to update his career information. 76.169.163.115 ( talk) 19:12, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Trout's second place MVP finishes should be updated to include 2018. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.188.6.58 ( talk) 23:40, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
We list his height and weight in the lede.
Questions:
1) Should we? We don't do this for most ballplayers.
2) If it is ok to do it with some but not all ballplayers, what are the criteria that call for it? Unusual height or weight? That's not the case with him.
3) The lede is supposed to summarize what is in the text/body. But this does not appear in the text or body (as seems to be usual when we reflect it at all).
4) If this is relevant, shouldn't it be part of the baseball player infobox? Just like the hockey player infobox? And the cricketer infobox? And the climber infobox? And the bowler (height) infobox? And the cyclist infobox? And the field hockey player infobox? And the lacrosse player infobox? And the rugby player infobox? Etc.
-- 2604:2000:E010:1100:90BB:B6FB:343D:D463 ( talk) 20:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
I have updated the stats to 2019, but there appear to be other categories that he has been a league leader in. Unfortunately I am not a baseball fan so don't understand the significance or relevance of some of them. Can someone please check baseball-reference and 1. check that my update is correct, and 2. see if any others should be added. Koncorde ( talk) 12:49, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
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200th Stolen Base recorded August 31, 2019, making Trout the youngest ever player to hit 200+ career home runs and 200+ career stolen bases. 2605:E000:AA8D:7000:B010:42CA:1CBF:C7C5 ( talk) 17:29, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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remove “The millville meteor“ add “south jersey slugger” reliable sources 2601:83:C100:12B0:9902:3A4F:8DE3:1DF3 ( talk) 22:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Should there not be a notice that his rookie card got sold for a record $900K? [1] Garnhami ( talk) 20:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
References
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Please de-capitalize "A Division" in the phrase "Cal Ripken Baseball, A Division of Babe Ruth League" 64.203.187.116 ( talk) 16:27, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
His homeruns are up to 300 now Keegs353 ( talk) 23:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
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216.164.51.87 ( talk) 20:15, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTI1Njk3NTUwOTg0NDY1/trout_natsjpg.jpg
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The article states that Mike Trout is friends with Eagle’s QB Carson Wentz, but he is no longer with the Eagles. Just was suggesting the addition of “former”. 2601:645:4301:3C10:B1DC:EB3:7C6E:28E9 ( talk) 20:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
I strongly believe that the introductory paragraph should be updated to reflect Trout's common perception as a good player, rather than a list of his accolades. User Larry Hockett responded to my change by saying that the lead section "is really just a summary of what's covered in the body of the article", and I agree with this suggestion, yet I feel that the article is much better summarized through a succinct, qualitative description of Trout than through a modestly specific list of accolades he has received, which is much more difficult for a layman to understand. Other sports do this much better -- as I noted, top players in association and American football, hockey, and basketball are all qualitatively noted in their lede sections, which I think provides a much easier to understand perception of the quality of player. PS BC BBSK ( talk) 21:18, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
This article states that Trout has season tickets for the Eagles, but the source was written 2017. I couldn't find any source stating Trout has season tickets written recently. Suggestion: change holds the held. SuspiciousPenguin2 ( talk) 11:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)