The result was withdrawn sources have been found. JBsupreme ( talk) 05:07, 19 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. Pretty simple here, WP:NFT. JBsupreme ( talk) 17:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. As above, WP:NFT. also, article seems to give varying, confused definitions of what punchball is - "Punchball is a sport similar to baseball but without a pitcher, catcher, or bat. It is a pastime of football announcer Al Michaels, who often played with former Chicago Bears quarterback Sid Luckman" vs "At the University of Florida, students commonly play a version of punchball which involves 2 players, a pitcher/goalie and the puncher". Article doesn't cite any sources to prove this game exists.
Also, a speedball is a speedball, not a punchball. no connection there. AND- how can a game be similiar to baseball, but not have a pitcher? nothing makes sense.
Keep. Article has been cleaned up a bit + has some better references now. I would like to mention however that at [1] and at [2] (those are currently citations 1 and 5 in the article) i couldnt find any actual reference to punchball. If punchball is mentioned in the books featured on those sites (you cant access the books text) pls delete the links and just provide standard book references instead, with page numbers. Also ill add, the original article seemed to go out of its way to declare its subject non notable (a game played by 2 famous people plus students at one college) -- Brunk500 ( talk) 05:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Keep and clean up Comment Assuming the article's true and not a hoax, the editor didn't think it up one day, Al Michaels and Sid Luckman did. One question, then, is whether anybody besides Al Michaels and Sid Luckman ever played it. Another question is when did Al and Sid's paths ever cross? Yeh, they're both from Brooklyn, but different generations. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 03:16, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
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The result was withdrawn sources have been found. JBsupreme ( talk) 05:07, 19 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. Pretty simple here, WP:NFT. JBsupreme ( talk) 17:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. As above, WP:NFT. also, article seems to give varying, confused definitions of what punchball is - "Punchball is a sport similar to baseball but without a pitcher, catcher, or bat. It is a pastime of football announcer Al Michaels, who often played with former Chicago Bears quarterback Sid Luckman" vs "At the University of Florida, students commonly play a version of punchball which involves 2 players, a pitcher/goalie and the puncher". Article doesn't cite any sources to prove this game exists.
Also, a speedball is a speedball, not a punchball. no connection there. AND- how can a game be similiar to baseball, but not have a pitcher? nothing makes sense.
Keep. Article has been cleaned up a bit + has some better references now. I would like to mention however that at [1] and at [2] (those are currently citations 1 and 5 in the article) i couldnt find any actual reference to punchball. If punchball is mentioned in the books featured on those sites (you cant access the books text) pls delete the links and just provide standard book references instead, with page numbers. Also ill add, the original article seemed to go out of its way to declare its subject non notable (a game played by 2 famous people plus students at one college) -- Brunk500 ( talk) 05:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Keep and clean up Comment Assuming the article's true and not a hoax, the editor didn't think it up one day, Al Michaels and Sid Luckman did. One question, then, is whether anybody besides Al Michaels and Sid Luckman ever played it. Another question is when did Al and Sid's paths ever cross? Yeh, they're both from Brooklyn, but different generations. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 03:16, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
reply