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image:BabeDorothyRuth.jpg.w300h373.jpg has been nominated for deletion through PUF. -- 70.24.249.39 ( talk) 09:50, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
I've just updated the counts at Baseball Mountain with User:Spanneraol getting Clayton Kershaw to GA. We are now 10% of the way to getting all HoF, "vital", major club, MVP, and Cy Young Award bios to GA status! Let's keep up the good work on our most important pages! – Muboshgu ( talk) 13:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Category:Baseball foods, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 12:47, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know about Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Red_Wolfe_Stadium, which appears to be a misspelled attempt at a nickname of American Legion Field (Florence). Ultraviolet ( talk) 22:01, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
User:PM800 continues to add pinch runner to Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990)s position in the infobox, despite the fact that "pinch runner" is not an official position and that Hamiltons official MLB.com bio lists him as a CF. I attempted to discuss on his talk page, but didn't get a response. Can somebody please help resolve this disagreement.-- Yankees10 18:58, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
The 2014 master schedule is out. For those who are interested in which interleague opponents teams will be playing, I took the time to complie a chart.
Whether that is good enough for inclusion to the article itself is open to debate.
Being a baseball purist I used "Anaheim" instead of "Los Angeles" given the two locations are 60 miles apart and the fact the owner's recent free acquisitions have not been able to prevent the team's decline over recent years.
I also wrote "Washington DC" to distinguish between the State of Washington and the nation's capital.
It's still 2013, but it's never too early to start planning for next year. BBallFan2013 ( talk) 17:48, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Team | Home | Away | Both |
---|---|---|---|
Anaheim | NY Mets (April 11-13) Miami (August 25-27) |
Washington DC (April 21-23) Atlanta (June 13-15) |
Los Angeles (H: August 6-7, A: August 4-5) Philadelphia (H: August 12-13), A: May 13-14) |
Arizona | Detroit (July 21-23) Kansas City (August 5-7) |
Chi White Sox (May 9-11) Minnesota (September 22-24) |
Houston (H: June 6-9, A: June 11-12) Cleveland (H: June 24-25, A: August 12-13) |
Atlanta | Anaheim (June 13-15) Oakland (August 15-17) |
Houston (June 24-26) Texas (September 12-14) |
Boston (H: May 26-27, A: May 28-29) Seattle (H: June 3-4, A: August 5-6) |
Baltimore | St. Louis (August 8-10) Cincinatti (September 2-4) |
Milwaukee (May 26-28) Chi Cubs (August 22-24) |
Washington DC (H: July 9-10, A: July 7-8) Pittsburgh (H: April 29-30, A: May 20-21) |
Boston | Milwaukee (April 4-6) Chi Cubs (June 30-July 2) |
St. Louis (August 5-7) Pittsburgh (September 16-18) |
Atlanta (H: May 28-29, A: May 26-27) Cincinatti (H: May 6-7, A: May 28-29) |
Cincinatti | Tampa Bay (April 11-13) Baltimore (September 2-4) |
Toronto (June 20-22) NY Yankees (July 18-20) |
Cleveland (H: August 6-7, A: August 4-5) Boston (H: May 28-29, A: May 6-7) |
Chi Cubs | Baltimore (August 22-24) Tampa Bay (August 8-10) |
Boston (June 30-July 2) Toronto (September 8-9) |
Chi White Sox (H: May 5-6, A: May 6-7) NY Yankees (H: May 20-21, A: April 15-16); |
Chi White Sox | Arizona (May 9-11) San Diego (May 30-June 1) |
Colorado (April 7-9) Los Angeles (June 2-4) |
Chi Cubs (H: May 6-7, A: May 5-6) San Francisco (H: June 17-18, A: August 12-13) |
Cleveland | San Diego (April 7-9) Colorado (May 30-June 1) |
San Francisco (April 25-27) Los Angeles (June 30-Juy 2) |
Cleveland (H: August 4-5, A: August 6-7) Arizona (H: August 12-13, A: June 24-25) |
Colorado | Chi White Sox (April 7-9) Minnesota (July 11-13) |
Cleveland (May 30-June 1) Detroit (August 1-3) |
Texas (H: May 5-6, A: May 7-8) Kansas City (H: August 19-20, A: May 13-14) |
Detroit | Colorado (August 1-3) San Francisco (September 5-7) |
San Diego (April 11-14) Arizona (July 21-23) |
Pittsburgh (August 13-14, A: August 11-12) Los Angeles (H: July 8-9, A: April 8-9) |
Houston | Atlanta (June 24-26), Miami (July 25-27) |
Philadelphia (August 5-7) NY Mets (September 26-28) |
Arizona (H: June 11-12, A: June 6-9) Washington DC (H: April 29-30, A: June 17-18) |
Kansas City | San Francisco (August 8-10) Los Angeles (June 23-25) |
San Diego (May 5-7) Arizona (August 5-7) |
St. Louis (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) Colorado (H: May 13-14, A: August 19-20) |
Los Angeles | Chi White Sox(June 2-4) Cleveland (June 30-Juy 2) |
Minnesota (April 29-May 1) Kansas City (June 23-25) |
Anaheim (H: August 4-5, A: August 6-7) Detroit (H: April 8-9, A: July 8-9) |
Milwaukee | Baltimore (May 26-28) NY Yankees (May 9-11) |
Boston (April 4-6) Tampa Bay (July 28-30) |
Minnesota (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Toronto (H: July 1-2, A: July 28-30) |
Minnesota | Los Angeles (April 29-May 1) Arizona (September 22-24) |
Colorado (July 11-13) San Francisco (May 23-25) |
Milwaukee (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) San Diego (H: August 5-6, A: May 20-21) |
Miami | Seattle (April 18-20) Oakland (June 27-29) |
Anaheim (August 25-27) Houston (July 25-27) |
Tampa Bay (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Texas (H: August 19-20, A: June 10-11) |
NY Mets | Texas (July 4-6) Houston (September 26-28) |
Anaheim (April 11-13) Seattle (July 21-23) |
NY Yankees (H: May 14-15, A: May 12-13) Oakland (H: June 24-25, A: August 19-20) |
NY Yankees | Pittsburgh (May 16-18) Cincinatti (July 18-20) |
Milwaukee (May 9-11) St. Louis (May 26-28) |
NY Mets (H: May 12-13, A: May 14-15) Chi Cubs (H: April 15-16, A: May 20-21) |
Athletics | Washington DC (May 19-21) Philadelphia (September 19-21) |
Miami (June 27-29) Atlanta (August 15-17) |
San Francicso (H: July 7-8, A: July 9-10) NY Mets (H: August 19-20, A: June 24-25) |
Philadelphia | Houston (August 5-7) Seattle (August 18-20) |
Texas (March 31-April 2) Oakland (September 19-21) |
Toronto (H: May 5-6, A: May 7-8) Anaheim (H: August 12-13), A: May 13-14) |
Pittsburgh | Toronto (May 2-4) Boston (September 16-18) |
NY Yankees (May 16-18) Tampa Bay (June 23-25) |
Detroit (H: August 11-12, A: August 13-14) Baltimore (H: May 20-21, A: April 29-30) |
San Diego | Cleveland (April 7-9) Detroit (April 11-14) |
Chi White Sox (May 30-June 1) Kansas City (May 5-7) |
Seattle (H: June 18-19, A: June 16-17) Minnesota (H: May 20-21, A: August 5-6) |
San Francisco | Cleveland (April 25-27) Detroit (September 5-7) |
Minnesota (May 23-25) Kansas City (August 8-10) |
Oakland (H: July 9-10, A: July 7-8) Chi White Sox (H: August 12-13, A: June 17-18) |
Seattle | NY Mets (July 21-23) Washington DC (August 29-31) |
Miami (April 18-20) Philadelphia (August 18-20) |
San Diego (H: June 16-17, A: June 18-19) Atlanta (H: August 5-6, A: June 3-4) |
St. Louis | NY Yankees (May 16-18) Boston (June 30-July 2) |
Toronto (June 6-8) Baltimore (August 8-10) |
Kansas City (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Tampa Bay (A: July 22-23, H: June 10-11) |
Tampa Bay | Milwaukee (July 28-30) Pittsburgh (June 23-25) |
Cincinatti (April 11-13) Chi Cubs (August 8-10) |
Miami (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) St. Louis (H: June 10-11, A: July 22-23) |
Texas Rangers | Philadelphia (March 31-April 2) Atlanta (September 12-14) |
NY Mets (July 4-6) Washington DC (May 30-June 1) |
Colorado (H: May 7-8, A: May 6-5) Miami (H: June 10-11, A: August 19-20) |
Toronto | St. Louis (June 6-8) Cincinatti (June 20-22) |
Pittsburgh (May 2-4) Chi Cubs (September 8-9) |
Philadelphia (H: May 7-8, A: May 5-6) Milwaukee (H: July 28-30, A: July 1-2) |
Washington DC | Texas (May 30-June 1) Seattle (August 29-31) |
Anaheim (April 21-23) Oakland (May 19-21) |
Baltimore (H: July 7-8, A: July 9-10) Houston (H: June 17-18, A: April 29-30) |
Can anyone find the exact day that Aaron Loup's daughter was born? I would be eternally grateful. ö Brambleberry of RiverClan 15:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
At present, the templates "Baseball Hall of Fame Class of ..." don't redirect to the Hall of Fame balloting article for their respective year. Am I the only one who thinks they should? I think "Class of YEAR" should redirect to the Hall of Fame balloting for Year, rather than to List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. For example Template:1982 Baseball HOF would link to Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1982. Thoughts? p b p 19:32, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Last month, User:Candleabracadabra moved the page at Home Run Derby, which had been located at that title since 2004, to Home Run Derby (Major League Baseball), with the edit-summary rationale "not main subject". At the base name, the user wrote a paragraph about what, in a general, a home run derby is. The move was unilateral, without any discussion and without consensus. I wonder what the project thinks about that. Woodshed ( talk) 15:18, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to layout innings for WP. I copied stuff at Baseball-reference.com to Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak and I need some help with formatting it. Plus I don't even know what some of it means.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:56, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Please check out Talk:List of World Series champions#"Founded" date in the list of appearances table (PLEASE DISCUSS) if you get the chance, an interesting little issue has arisen that I think we should settle properly so articles have consistent style and information. Staxringold talk contribs 18:31, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
We've established a consensus on what awards should be included in the "Career highlights/awards" section of player infoboxes, but one award that I think we overlooked was the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, as I don't recall seeing anyone vote about it, nor have I even heard of this award until now.... which brings me to why I ask about it - Mariano Rivera is due to receive it before Game 2 of the World Series. The award does have several honorees in its history, most recently Ken Griffey Jr. in 2011. I'd like to take a vote on this to see if we should amend our guidelines and include this award in player infoboxes or not. What does everyone think? Y2Kcrazyjoker4 ( talk • contributions) 01:10, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey guys. I just did a GA review for this, only to see that Secret is on leave yet again. Would one of you be able to take over the review and make the changes? We're getting pretty close to 250 GAs so this would get us further along on that. Wizardman 15:53, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello WikiProject Baseball,
I am setting up an unofficial task force to get the article Major League Baseball re-listed to GA status. The first task needed is to add more references as seen here. Please add your name to the list to help out, so we can assign users a task in an organized and collaborative manner. Use # ~~~~ to add your name below.
Thank you, Sportsguy17 ( talk) 17:26, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
OK. So, we need to figure out how close it is relatively. Eric's input of it still needing a ton of work is a start, but we need to attack the specific issues that are preventing it from being given GA status and fix them. Sportsguy17 ( click to talk • contributions) 20:28, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
See also: User talk:Go Phightins! for starting discussions.
I'd like to see some specific comments for the article. I think Go Phightins! shall be the reviewer and I'd like for him to make an informal review based on the criteria as to how close the article is to GA and what is still life.
I have started a discussion regarding some major changes to the MLB yearly infobox which is currently in use for many individual team season articles. If you are interested, please discuss these changes there. Brian Reading ( talk) 05:58, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello.
There is a discussion on capitalization issues in another project that seems to affect this project.
HandsomeFella ( talk) 12:19, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Category:American League Most Valuable Player Award winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
According to this retention periods list, we have until December 30 to make 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game a good article. — Bloom6132 ( talk) 20:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
I have started a discussion regarding a recent edit that added a link to the baseball portal from the MLB team season infobox. Any comments are welcome. isaacl ( talk) 06:31, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Category:National League Most Valuable Player Award winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
Right now, the sentiment regarding the two categories (above) is to delete them. If you have an opinion, pro or con, about whether these categories should exist or be deleted, please participate in the conversation. Liz Read! Talk! 23:46, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Baseball does not have an Outline article in mainspace, but it has a draft at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of baseball. The Outline is not perfect, but it is ready for primetime; I'm sure it will be improved once it is in mainspace. Would someone please move Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of baseball to Outline of baseball? Rgrds. -- 64.85.215.216 ( talk) 13:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
So last week I added the team colors templates to the yearly MLB infobox, as seen here, and just a couple days ago I was reverted by Spanneraol, claiming readability issues. I would now like to propose this to the project officially. I believe a little color, especially the team colors improve the infobox and truly associates each use with the team it's describing. However if readability is a concern and it is decided against, it seems a double standard with it used on templates like Template:Infobox MLB player and each team's navbox. CRRays Head90 | #OneMoreGame 00:39, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
In an attempt to be bold and modernize this infobox, I have converted it to use the {{Infobox}} meta-template as a base. Not many should notice a difference in behavior and appearance, but feel free to discuss this and other changes I have made to the infobox here. Brian Reading ( talk) 06:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
For reasons I discussed on that template's talk page, I have added an optional "Results" section to this infobox that contains a place to add overall record and divisional place for the season. I will be updating articles with this info, and urge you to do so as well. Brian Reading ( talk) 06:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Your input at Talk:Minor League Baseball#Requested move would be appreciated. The request centers on the extent to which the article is about the MiLB organization versus the general concept of minor league baseball, and thus how the title should be capitalized. -- BDD ( talk) 17:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up to those who work on season articles. There's no need to use the {{ Infobox MLB yearly-pre1969}} template, as it has been superseded by the {{ Infobox MLB yearly}} template. There had been a technical issue in the past, but this is no longer the case. No need to update all of the season articles before 1969, as it will automatically redirect, but try not to use this deprecated title. Brian Reading ( talk) 00:30, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
I stumbled across the article 1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys season and noticed what I considered a huge spelling error. "Pittsburgh" is suppose to be spelled with an "H" on the end, but this artcle, and all the other Alleghenys season articles spell it without an "H". To me this is a spelling error and a common one and I would have simply fixed the error, but I wanted to make sure that it wasn't an error because thay mave have actually spelled it that way back then. Each season standings appear to be "misspelled" as well. The Baseball reference book uses the "H". Again I just wanted to confirm from someone who may have greater knowledge about this than me before moving the articles, because for all I know the "H"-less "Pittburg" may have been the way it was spelled back then. JOJ Hutton 21:52, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Should we split the unassisted triple play article into a separate list for MLB occurrences (just like we did for perfect games and no-hitters)? — Bloom6132 ( talk) 04:59, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
From the first moment it was created [2], it had this little blurb in a paragraph about the 1951 season- "The Giants is dead," Dressen sang loudly (to the tune of "Roll Out the Barrel") through a door adjoining the teams’ clubhouses. The next day, after another Dodger win and Giant defeat, the Brooklyn lead swelled to 13½ games. Which was subsequently expanded on in 2007 [3] to include this also- As for the ungrammatical remark, Dressen was defended by at least one college professor who pointed out that, since Dressen was not saying that the Giant players were literally deceased, he had more latitude with grammar in a figure of speech. All the same, when O'Malley fired the manager, New York newspapers commented "DRESSEN ARE DEAD." The article was even edited to say Dressen died on the 15th anniversary of those words.
Dressen did say those words, but in 1953 [4] not 1951. The Dodgers won the pennant in 1953. ...William 15:16, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed people changing "Runs batted in" in infoboxes to "Run batted in|Runs batted in," and making other similar changes. "Runs batted in" redirects to "Run batted in," so I'm not sure why anyone would bother to do that. Someone wanna explain it to me? Should I be doing that when I make my edits? I prefer to just say "Runs batted in" or "California Angels" (instead of "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels" as it redirects to the same place and uses less bytes. Would we rather avoid redirects or conserve bytes used? --J.S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.243.121 ( talk) , this note added by Jprg1966 (talk) 22:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello - there is currently a discussion underway at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Date range redux to come to a final resolution the way dates for club tenure in infoboxs are displayed (e.g. - with a club from 2001–2007 or 2001–07). If you have an opinion one way or the other, please take part. The value in coming to a final resolution (either having language added to allow 8 digit date spans for this purpose or expressly forbidding it) is that it would provide certainty to these cases and stop needless reverting of this format one way or the other. If you do take part, please be sure to ground your arguments/opinions in fact, Wikipedia precedent and real world examples as opposed to preference only as this will help the project make the right call. There are thousands of articles (touched by thousands of editors) that use summary club tenure information in infoboxes, so there is clearly an advantage to settling it in a clear manner so all can comply. Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 04:26, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
The intro in Mike Trout's article states that he had a 10.4 WAR in 2012. Other sources seem to corroborate this figure, but Baseball-Reference lists it as 10.9, and FanGraphs lists it as 10.0. Thoughts? Delaywaves • talk 04:32, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey guys. Just wanted to send a note about Wikipedia:Stub Contest. Since we have about 20k stubs in our project, all of which could be expanded to DYK levels, I figure this is something we could work on over the next month. While GAs and FAs take a great deal of work, this is something where articles could be improved and turned around relatively quickly, especially for active players (most of which aren't stubs anyway). Wizardman 16:25, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
In the infobox for an MLB team article, the team's division is listed. In this edit, an editor is asserting that the division should be shown as, for example, "Eastern Division". There are sites that do use this form, such as the standings page for The Sports Network. MLB's standings page just uses the bare word, East/Central/West. The standings pages for ESPN and The Sporting News use, for example "East Division". What are your views on how the division name should be displayed? isaacl ( talk) 01:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
I believe all the roster templates are up to date following yesterday's transactions, but not all roster navboxes are. Can someone (or someones) help me update those? – Muboshgu ( talk) 15:50, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Also, we should be adding non-breaking spaces ( ) in the navbox templates, so that instead of this...
... we get this ....
– Muboshgu ( talk) 16:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
How about this? This seems to work, and doesn't seem to have the complications of a non-breaking space. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:53, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
OK, here's a quick sample: User:Isaacl/MLB roster navbox/testcases#Testing main template Currently, the template just replaces spaces in the list arguments with and then passes everything to the Navbox Lua module for rendering, so it can be a straight replacement for existing calls to the {{ Navbox}} template. It is possible to further enhance the template so it could do things such as automatically select the team colours based on the team name, have a simpler syntax so the editor doesn't have to enter in the *'s in the list, and so forth. (Of course syntax changes will require more extensive changes to the team roster template pages; it is possible to try to implement it so both syntaxes can work, but it's more difficult.) isaacl ( talk) 04:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
At Travis Ishikawa, there is a claim that as a 21st round selection, he got the highest signing bonus by a non-first rounder. I don't understand how a 21st round pick could get a higher signing bonus than 2nd-20th round pick. Can someone tell me whether I should let it get promoted to WP:GA as is or whether this point needs further clarification.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:22, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
The 2012, 2013 and 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting pages currently have lists highlighting notable upcoming candidates through 2019 (players retired this season) to illustrate the "stacked ballot syndrome" that's currently very much talked about regarding HOF voting. The issue is, Who gets on the list? Per Muboshgu's suggestion, I've started this thread (?) to try and get a consensus. Up to this point, I've "been bold" and tried to keep it to those I usually see in blogs and articles weighed with HOF voting patterns (no hitter who's debuted since 1950 has made the HOF with fewer than 2000 hits, for instance, and none have come particularly close; I've never seen Troy Glaus mentioned in any of these articles/blogs as an example of how strong future ballots are going to be, and he doesn't even have 1400 hits, making his non-inclusion a no-brainer in my book, for example). But these aren't my pages (yet...). If we're going to have these lists (and I personally think 2017 is the last truly stacked ballot that should be used as an example, if we're going to have them), we need a standard of some sort. We could find a really good article or set of and use it/them as a source; we could use a "metric" of some kind, like Hall of Fame Monitor on Baseball-Reference, or WAR or JAWS or something, but which, at what cutoff, and they aren't "facts," they're somebody's number thingy; or we could use a real, though still somewhat arbitrary, milestone, such as hits/wins/saves, or All Star Games (the current pages all list players with five or more All Star Games at the bottom, along with major award winners). Thoughts, suggestions? Masternachos ( talk) 22:04, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
I agree in condemning the index or list article Baseball Hall of Fame balloting but I postpone its discussion to another time and place. The place should be its talk page Talk:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting or the task-force talk Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Hall of Fame task force. -- P64 ( talk) 22:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Glad we could settle that. Masternachos ( talk) 01:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
When either starting news articles, or attempting to improve existing ones, I have used Google News archive countless times. Google News Archive was merged into Google News over two years ago but you could still search it archives. That may have ended. Since yesterday when trying to do a search via a archive search page I had long ago saved, I have been receiving 'The search option you have selected is currently unavailable'. Any links to archived articles still work. This for an example [6]. However if you try to do a archive search from that page, again you are stymied. I don't see a way to do an archive search from Google News main page either. It appears Google News archive searches are at an end. With it the job of working on anything that is dated from 15 or more years ago has become much harder. ...William 15:13, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Do we link the debut and last appearance teams in the infobox?-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:46, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks to the efforts of Sportsguy17 and EricEnfermero, two devoted project members, our vital core article, Major League Baseball, is now a good article. The duo each received a Million Award for their work on the article, and throughout the GAN process, epitomized the goals of a collaborative encyclopedia, and served as a role model for how future project focused collaboration can look. Hats off to both of them! Go Phightins ! 12:42, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
The move request is still ongoing; comment there while it lasts. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
The Yankees announced #6 will be retired for Joe Torre at some point [9]. Can anyone make an image of the number to add to the list of retired numbers in the Yankees article? 173.51.123.97 ( talk) 03:06, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
I see this site getting cited more and more often, and I think it's a problem. Take José Valverde, which is today's example. First MLBTR posted he had a deal with Arizona. A short while later, they updated their original post to say there is no deal. [10] To me, MLBTR is a great resource that points us in the right direction, but they are a tertiary source and not quite as good as citing MLB.com or a local paper. (Not meaning to draw attention to the editor who edited Valverde's article, since he's top notch, but just wanting to make a point and that's today's example.) – Muboshgu ( talk) 16:37, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
I posted this on the fb page of the MiLB and didn't get a responds back so I was wondering if you guys know the answer to this? I posted it here and not on the talk page of Minor League Baseball so I can get a so you guys don't overlook this.
I have a question about how a team conducts their history. When a MiLB team switches affiliates with a different MLB team, does the MiLB team that switches affiliates consider themselves as the same team even though all the players and coaching staff are all completely different or do they consider themselves as a different team?
Also when a city joins the expansion of a league at a different class level and the city already has a team that plays in a different league and at a different class level, is the city allowed to move up or down class levels as the same team (same franchise) and gain an expansion spot in the new league instead of gaining an expansion team (expansion franchise) or do they have field an expansion team (expansion franchise) and relocating the existing team (existing franchise) to a new city and with that the name gets transferred from the existing team (existing franchise) to the expansion team (expansion franchise)? Like suppose if Trenton wants to move up to Triple-A. They already have the Trenton Thunder which plays in the Eastern League at the Double-A level. If Trenton is listed for expansion for the International League, are the Trenton Thunder allowed to move up as the same team (same franchise), joining the expansion of the International League or do they have to relocate to a new city and give up the "Trenton Thunder" name to the expansion team (expansion franchise)? This happened to both the former and current Charlotte Knights. The “Charlotte Knights” name moved up to the Triple-A level and the team at the Double-A level did not. They relocated to Nashville to become the Nashville Xpress and today they are now the Mobile BayBears; the team that absorbed the “Charlotte Knights” name was the Triple-A team which was an expansion team. Also if two MiLB cities exchange leagues and classes, do both teams (franchises) either move up or down exchanging spots as both the same team (same franchise) or do two cities have to exchange teams (franchises)? Also if a city wants to move up or down and switching leagues with a cause of one team moving to a new city and a city losing its MiLB team, is the city allowed to move up or down as the same team (same franchise) and in exchange a team (franchise) moves either up or down as the same team (same franchise) but relocates to a new city at the same time. The current Carolina Mudcats team is the former Kinston Indians and the former Carolina Mudcats team is the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Pretend this 2012, is it possible for the Kinston Indians to move up as the same team (same franchise) but relocate at the same time to become the Blue Wahoos and the Carolina Mudcats move down as the same team (same franchise) or no. The summary of all of this is that is it possible for a team (franchise) to exist outside their class level? It is already possible for a team to exist outside their league since the Lake County Captains and the Bowling Green Hot Rods switched from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League but stayed at the same class level. If it is not possible for a team (franchise) to exist outside their class level than is cause of a restriction problem or does a team (franchise) has like a special code that prevents them for moving up or down class levels and staying at the same class level for life. All the way up until like the 1960’s and 70’s a team (franchise) is allowed to move up or down class levels as the same team (same franchise), is that still possible today?
Also is it possible for an independent baseball team to join the MiLB expansion or do they have to fold and be replaced with an expansion team (franchise)? Like for example the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League, is it possible for them to join the expansion as the same team (same franchise) or do they have to be replaced by a new team (new franchise). Is it also possible for a MiLB team (franchise) to drop out and go independent or no and is it possible for a MiLB team (franchise) to fold and be replaced by a new team (new franchise) taking their place in the same league at the same class level either if the they are going to play in the same city or different city or is that a no? Also is it possible for an independent league team to take the place of a struggling MiLB team as the same team (same franchise) or do they have to fold and have that struggling team relocate to the city where the independent team once played.
In my view of the words team and franchise, in my opinion, franchise is the alternative way of saying team and franchise is the same thing as team. 173.61.77.216 ( talk) 19:32, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
"I have a question about how a team conducts their history. ..."
Ugg its the franchise sock puppeteer again. Can't believe he hasn't given up yet. - DJSasso ( talk) 17:43, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I read Pat Collins and it says he is the only player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game. That made me think about the following scenarios that should be common. I don't see why it would not occur. Imagine the following.
Pat Collins did not pinch run officially, as we explain in the biography, and we should doubt that his 1923 feat is unique in major league history.
The past is a foreign country. A few decades before Pat Collins, player substitution itself was governed by the discretion of the team captains; Austin Dirks replaces Miguel Cabrera (Tigers) with the permission of John Farrell (Red Sox). In the 1920s, perhaps Cabrera might swing the bat and Dirks run from home to first in his place, without replacing him in the game. (Cabrera is a good illustration now, during extended October 2013, i hope, because the nature of his injury makes him susceptible to further injury in that situation especially.) Vaguely I recall the term courtesy runner and understand that it was no official appearance.
-- P64 ( talk) 17:53, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm currently trying to take the Pat Collins article to GA. I've already searched all of Google News Archives and Google Books for sources, but found nothing on his early life except for this source, which I need help verifying. I was wondering if any of you know where I can find sources on this. Cheers! — Bloom6132 ( talk) 15:38, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
I nominated List of Nippon Professional Baseball players to hit for the cycle for featured list status here. I've worked on this list on and off for a year and I believe I finally made it good enough to be NPB's first featured list, and hopefully the first of many. Any comments/criticisms would be helpful. Thanks! -- Torsodog Talk 16:56, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if everyone here is aware of this discussion, but it's important for a full discussion to take place. Please review. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:50, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Article is deleted and rightly so. Now what about the others? Secret account 01:03, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Just an FYI, Resolute was nice enough to give 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game a review, breaking through the slow-moving GAC process. It's been promoted so the topic retains its status. Staxringold talk contribs 17:05, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
The 2014 Wikipedia:WikiCup has already started, if interested sign up here. Great fun for the content contributors. Thanks Secret account 00:37, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
I have opened Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak/archive1. Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak is a new type of article at WP:FAC so I hope a lot of sports fans will take the time to shape it correctly as a model for future articles on records.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:09, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
has been nominated for deletion. Come on over and participate in the discussion. ...William 15:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Last year, I proposed the drive, and it did not materialize particularly well (although we did get a few GAs out of it), for a variety of reasons, perhaps to wide a scope, perhaps lack of interest, perhaps a conglomeration of other factors. The bottom line is that I would like to see some semblance of it occur again this year, as this project doesn't have a lot of coordinated collaboration, and while we do have a lot of GAs and FAs due to work by individuals, we could tackle two of our bigger issues - sub-standard articles on current players and lack of focused, coordinated, content creation collaboration - with a drive of this nature. It is just a matter of determining how, so I open the floor for discussion, first by pinging participants in last year's drive; of course all are welcome to comment. Wizardman, EricEnfermero, Brambleberry of RiverClan, AutomaticStrikeout, Astros4477, Dewelar Thanks! Go Phightins ! 20:45, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Here's an idea if you want the drive to have a theme or goal of sorts: Find the most interesting random fact about a ballplayer, and write articles on those types. I've found out about ballplayers suffering cerebral hemmorhages on the field, ballplayers being falsely reported dead via identity theft, and we have a GA on a guy who led a double life after his career with two families. If nothing else that'd make a drive more fun, especially since many of these stories are not exactly known, so who knows what we can find. Wizardman 23:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm also willing to join once I get a massive backlog of Wikistuff out of my plate. Secret account 19:49, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
I too will contribute :) - Newyorkadam ( talk) 20:57, 8 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
It seems that a recent color category has been added for the pages from 2000 to now, indicating that a player was "Eliminated from annual BBWAA consideration by poor performance or expiration on subsequent ballots." I think that's too many colors and this particular category really isn't even worth mentioning... So unless I get even the slightest response to the contrary (even a, "I don't know, man...") on this talk page within... I don't know, a month? I'm going to go ahead and change it back to how it was. Masternachos ( talk) 23:26, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't know enough about this subject to do it, but it is clear that this article needs significant improvement. I've posted a multiple issues template on it. If somebody in this wikiproject could take a look at it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, SteelMariner Talk 07:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, just thought I'd drop by to say I'm planning to write up articles for the remaining perfect games that currently don't have their own. Had anyone else been interested in doing this? I've started collecting sources for each, currently they're at subpages in my userspace (all that are there now are links, but I'll begin work in the next few days). Any help is welcomed. I don't imagine they'll immediately all be GA's, but they'll be nice to have. Green-eyed girl ( Talk · Contribs) 05:58, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Okay, cool. All I did so far was gather sources. I was most interested in doing Browning or Larsen (I wasn't going to tackle either of the 19th-century games). I can certainly contribute to any existing drafts as well. Green-eyed girl ( Talk · Contribs) 01:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello, baseball experts. The above abandoned Afc submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable player, and should the article be kept? — Anne Delong ( talk) 01:59, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
File:1972 MLB Players Strike ends after 13 days..png – could someone please verify whether this image is public domain or not? I wanted to crop it for Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, but I'm unsure as the source looks iffy at best and it's the only contribution the uploader has made. Cheers! — Bloom6132 ( talk) 12:22, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Yesterday, Yankees10 and I almost simultaneously created a page for Yankees prospect Peter O'Brien. He created it at Peter O'Brien (baseball), while I created it at Peter O'Brien (catcher). We're having a disagreement about the proper location. When I initially went to Peter O'Brien, I saw Pete O'Brien (first baseman), Pete O'Brien (1900s second baseman), and Pete O'Brien (1890s second baseman), and figured that since "Pete" and "Peter" are basically the same thing, the disambiguation is necessary. Yankees10 does not agree, bringing up the players listed at Daniel Murphy. He may be right. Since we're not getting anywhere in discussion between the two of us, I'm putting it up here for input. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:42, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Catcher would definitely be the one to use. All the players are named Peter, even if the others are more commonly known as Pete. Naming is intended to help the readers and I think using catcher would do the most help with the plain baseball redirecting to the disambig page. - DJSasso ( talk) 15:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Are we moving Daniel Murphy then too? And every other similar situation?-- Yankees10 23:18, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi all, I have been working on the 2014 Philadelphia Phillies season article, primarily just covering transactions and whatnot, and recalled that, when working on football season articles (e.g., 2013 Penn State Nittany Lions football team), there is a depth chart template (for CFB, it's Template:CFB Team Depth Chart). I could not, however, find one for MLB. Would it be possible to create one to put as a team's preseason depth chart? Just a thought. Thanks. Go Phightins ! 15:10, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
An editor has added an "Infobox Political post" to the "Commissioner of Baseball" article, and changed the infoboxes on the "Bud Selig" and "Fay Vincent" articles to "Infobox officeholder". As these infoboxes are for political offices, I believe they are inappropriate for these articles. What do you think? isaacl ( talk) 16:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion underway here about merging our MLB player infobox into the baseball biography one. Spanneraol ( talk) 21:12, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
List of Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names needs a name change I think because MLB wasn't around when these guys played. I have the table finished and uploaded an image, but I can't think of a name for the list that wouldn't be awkward. Thoughts? Seattle ( talk) 17:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hello baseball experts! Is this a notable player, and should the article be saved from deletion as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 06:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I have started a discussion on the recent back-and-forth editing on List of Major League Baseball players with 300 career stolen bases, adding/removing citations for each player. Any comments are welcome. isaacl ( talk) 23:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Umm I should move on? Dude, I was trying to get this to Featured List status before you started reverting the sources. You too became more aggressive to the point where Secret used rollback because he thought your edits were vandalism or it looked like it. Telling someone to move on is still WP:OWN. Look, I want to continue working on this article without the worry of you reverting the sources. I think the table could be cleaned up and that would help. Also, consensus is not a vote Redmen. Wikipedia rarely has votes. This is all discussion, none of it is or will be a vote. Plus, as I said, having one leaderboard on MLB.com cannot be used as one source and contradicting sources put in footnotes still need to be sourced and for some statistics, leaderboards don't exist, so individual statistics from BR cannot hurt. This is how it has been in many articles for years; why is changing all of a sudden? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 02:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC) @ Bagumba:, @ Isaacl:, @ Redmen44: - I have a solution: I now see why this article does not need individual references. This shouldn't be the case for every list. Some lists will require individual references, but perhaps leaderboards will suffice for this article. I propose that this be closed as a consensus, the article is unprotected, I will self revert and we can build it to FL from there. That said, individual refs will be needed on FL's so this is a case-by-case thing. Agreed? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 02:58, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused by this notification: I would have thought this talk page would be a suitable location to discuss any reorganization of the project, or to provide assistance to each other and new users? I understand different editors prefer different methods, and so have no issues with using IRC, but it seems odd that the project talk page has not been involved at all in these discussions (not even to announce the IRC channel). I hope that the talk page will continue to be the main place for discussion. isaacl ( talk) 23:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
I was going to notify the Wikiproject but my Internet temporarily crashed, we kinda edit conflicted but yes all discussion is going to be discussed here. Secret account 23:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, several people from the baseball wikiproject are getting together after Wizardman's sudden retirement to figure out a better way to organize the Wikiproject. One of the ideas we came up with is having our own IRC channel to help each other, as well as new users with collaboration and content. If you need help connecting to IRC join #wikipedia-coffeehouse connect. The IRC channel for Wikiproject Baseball is #wiki-baseball connect. Thanks Secret account 23:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Note I will help out anyone with connecting to IRC, so far it has been a success with several users who never done IRC entering and discussing potential changes. User:Go Phightins! will leave a summary on what happened. Just connect and try it out. Thanks Secret account 02:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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I've just updated the counts at Baseball Mountain with User:Spanneraol getting Clayton Kershaw to GA. We are now 10% of the way to getting all HoF, "vital", major club, MVP, and Cy Young Award bios to GA status! Let's keep up the good work on our most important pages! – Muboshgu ( talk) 13:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know about Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Red_Wolfe_Stadium, which appears to be a misspelled attempt at a nickname of American Legion Field (Florence). Ultraviolet ( talk) 22:01, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
User:PM800 continues to add pinch runner to Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990)s position in the infobox, despite the fact that "pinch runner" is not an official position and that Hamiltons official MLB.com bio lists him as a CF. I attempted to discuss on his talk page, but didn't get a response. Can somebody please help resolve this disagreement.-- Yankees10 18:58, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
The 2014 master schedule is out. For those who are interested in which interleague opponents teams will be playing, I took the time to complie a chart.
Whether that is good enough for inclusion to the article itself is open to debate.
Being a baseball purist I used "Anaheim" instead of "Los Angeles" given the two locations are 60 miles apart and the fact the owner's recent free acquisitions have not been able to prevent the team's decline over recent years.
I also wrote "Washington DC" to distinguish between the State of Washington and the nation's capital.
It's still 2013, but it's never too early to start planning for next year. BBallFan2013 ( talk) 17:48, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Team | Home | Away | Both |
---|---|---|---|
Anaheim | NY Mets (April 11-13) Miami (August 25-27) |
Washington DC (April 21-23) Atlanta (June 13-15) |
Los Angeles (H: August 6-7, A: August 4-5) Philadelphia (H: August 12-13), A: May 13-14) |
Arizona | Detroit (July 21-23) Kansas City (August 5-7) |
Chi White Sox (May 9-11) Minnesota (September 22-24) |
Houston (H: June 6-9, A: June 11-12) Cleveland (H: June 24-25, A: August 12-13) |
Atlanta | Anaheim (June 13-15) Oakland (August 15-17) |
Houston (June 24-26) Texas (September 12-14) |
Boston (H: May 26-27, A: May 28-29) Seattle (H: June 3-4, A: August 5-6) |
Baltimore | St. Louis (August 8-10) Cincinatti (September 2-4) |
Milwaukee (May 26-28) Chi Cubs (August 22-24) |
Washington DC (H: July 9-10, A: July 7-8) Pittsburgh (H: April 29-30, A: May 20-21) |
Boston | Milwaukee (April 4-6) Chi Cubs (June 30-July 2) |
St. Louis (August 5-7) Pittsburgh (September 16-18) |
Atlanta (H: May 28-29, A: May 26-27) Cincinatti (H: May 6-7, A: May 28-29) |
Cincinatti | Tampa Bay (April 11-13) Baltimore (September 2-4) |
Toronto (June 20-22) NY Yankees (July 18-20) |
Cleveland (H: August 6-7, A: August 4-5) Boston (H: May 28-29, A: May 6-7) |
Chi Cubs | Baltimore (August 22-24) Tampa Bay (August 8-10) |
Boston (June 30-July 2) Toronto (September 8-9) |
Chi White Sox (H: May 5-6, A: May 6-7) NY Yankees (H: May 20-21, A: April 15-16); |
Chi White Sox | Arizona (May 9-11) San Diego (May 30-June 1) |
Colorado (April 7-9) Los Angeles (June 2-4) |
Chi Cubs (H: May 6-7, A: May 5-6) San Francisco (H: June 17-18, A: August 12-13) |
Cleveland | San Diego (April 7-9) Colorado (May 30-June 1) |
San Francisco (April 25-27) Los Angeles (June 30-Juy 2) |
Cleveland (H: August 4-5, A: August 6-7) Arizona (H: August 12-13, A: June 24-25) |
Colorado | Chi White Sox (April 7-9) Minnesota (July 11-13) |
Cleveland (May 30-June 1) Detroit (August 1-3) |
Texas (H: May 5-6, A: May 7-8) Kansas City (H: August 19-20, A: May 13-14) |
Detroit | Colorado (August 1-3) San Francisco (September 5-7) |
San Diego (April 11-14) Arizona (July 21-23) |
Pittsburgh (August 13-14, A: August 11-12) Los Angeles (H: July 8-9, A: April 8-9) |
Houston | Atlanta (June 24-26), Miami (July 25-27) |
Philadelphia (August 5-7) NY Mets (September 26-28) |
Arizona (H: June 11-12, A: June 6-9) Washington DC (H: April 29-30, A: June 17-18) |
Kansas City | San Francisco (August 8-10) Los Angeles (June 23-25) |
San Diego (May 5-7) Arizona (August 5-7) |
St. Louis (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) Colorado (H: May 13-14, A: August 19-20) |
Los Angeles | Chi White Sox(June 2-4) Cleveland (June 30-Juy 2) |
Minnesota (April 29-May 1) Kansas City (June 23-25) |
Anaheim (H: August 4-5, A: August 6-7) Detroit (H: April 8-9, A: July 8-9) |
Milwaukee | Baltimore (May 26-28) NY Yankees (May 9-11) |
Boston (April 4-6) Tampa Bay (July 28-30) |
Minnesota (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Toronto (H: July 1-2, A: July 28-30) |
Minnesota | Los Angeles (April 29-May 1) Arizona (September 22-24) |
Colorado (July 11-13) San Francisco (May 23-25) |
Milwaukee (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) San Diego (H: August 5-6, A: May 20-21) |
Miami | Seattle (April 18-20) Oakland (June 27-29) |
Anaheim (August 25-27) Houston (July 25-27) |
Tampa Bay (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Texas (H: August 19-20, A: June 10-11) |
NY Mets | Texas (July 4-6) Houston (September 26-28) |
Anaheim (April 11-13) Seattle (July 21-23) |
NY Yankees (H: May 14-15, A: May 12-13) Oakland (H: June 24-25, A: August 19-20) |
NY Yankees | Pittsburgh (May 16-18) Cincinatti (July 18-20) |
Milwaukee (May 9-11) St. Louis (May 26-28) |
NY Mets (H: May 12-13, A: May 14-15) Chi Cubs (H: April 15-16, A: May 20-21) |
Athletics | Washington DC (May 19-21) Philadelphia (September 19-21) |
Miami (June 27-29) Atlanta (August 15-17) |
San Francicso (H: July 7-8, A: July 9-10) NY Mets (H: August 19-20, A: June 24-25) |
Philadelphia | Houston (August 5-7) Seattle (August 18-20) |
Texas (March 31-April 2) Oakland (September 19-21) |
Toronto (H: May 5-6, A: May 7-8) Anaheim (H: August 12-13), A: May 13-14) |
Pittsburgh | Toronto (May 2-4) Boston (September 16-18) |
NY Yankees (May 16-18) Tampa Bay (June 23-25) |
Detroit (H: August 11-12, A: August 13-14) Baltimore (H: May 20-21, A: April 29-30) |
San Diego | Cleveland (April 7-9) Detroit (April 11-14) |
Chi White Sox (May 30-June 1) Kansas City (May 5-7) |
Seattle (H: June 18-19, A: June 16-17) Minnesota (H: May 20-21, A: August 5-6) |
San Francisco | Cleveland (April 25-27) Detroit (September 5-7) |
Minnesota (May 23-25) Kansas City (August 8-10) |
Oakland (H: July 9-10, A: July 7-8) Chi White Sox (H: August 12-13, A: June 17-18) |
Seattle | NY Mets (July 21-23) Washington DC (August 29-31) |
Miami (April 18-20) Philadelphia (August 18-20) |
San Diego (H: June 16-17, A: June 18-19) Atlanta (H: August 5-6, A: June 3-4) |
St. Louis | NY Yankees (May 16-18) Boston (June 30-July 2) |
Toronto (June 6-8) Baltimore (August 8-10) |
Kansas City (H: June 2-3, A: June 4-5) Tampa Bay (A: July 22-23, H: June 10-11) |
Tampa Bay | Milwaukee (July 28-30) Pittsburgh (June 23-25) |
Cincinatti (April 11-13) Chi Cubs (August 8-10) |
Miami (H: June 4-5, A: June 2-3) St. Louis (H: June 10-11, A: July 22-23) |
Texas Rangers | Philadelphia (March 31-April 2) Atlanta (September 12-14) |
NY Mets (July 4-6) Washington DC (May 30-June 1) |
Colorado (H: May 7-8, A: May 6-5) Miami (H: June 10-11, A: August 19-20) |
Toronto | St. Louis (June 6-8) Cincinatti (June 20-22) |
Pittsburgh (May 2-4) Chi Cubs (September 8-9) |
Philadelphia (H: May 7-8, A: May 5-6) Milwaukee (H: July 28-30, A: July 1-2) |
Washington DC | Texas (May 30-June 1) Seattle (August 29-31) |
Anaheim (April 21-23) Oakland (May 19-21) |
Baltimore (H: July 7-8, A: July 9-10) Houston (H: June 17-18, A: April 29-30) |
Can anyone find the exact day that Aaron Loup's daughter was born? I would be eternally grateful. ö Brambleberry of RiverClan 15:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
At present, the templates "Baseball Hall of Fame Class of ..." don't redirect to the Hall of Fame balloting article for their respective year. Am I the only one who thinks they should? I think "Class of YEAR" should redirect to the Hall of Fame balloting for Year, rather than to List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. For example Template:1982 Baseball HOF would link to Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1982. Thoughts? p b p 19:32, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Last month, User:Candleabracadabra moved the page at Home Run Derby, which had been located at that title since 2004, to Home Run Derby (Major League Baseball), with the edit-summary rationale "not main subject". At the base name, the user wrote a paragraph about what, in a general, a home run derby is. The move was unilateral, without any discussion and without consensus. I wonder what the project thinks about that. Woodshed ( talk) 15:18, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to layout innings for WP. I copied stuff at Baseball-reference.com to Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak and I need some help with formatting it. Plus I don't even know what some of it means.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:56, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Please check out Talk:List of World Series champions#"Founded" date in the list of appearances table (PLEASE DISCUSS) if you get the chance, an interesting little issue has arisen that I think we should settle properly so articles have consistent style and information. Staxringold talk contribs 18:31, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
We've established a consensus on what awards should be included in the "Career highlights/awards" section of player infoboxes, but one award that I think we overlooked was the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, as I don't recall seeing anyone vote about it, nor have I even heard of this award until now.... which brings me to why I ask about it - Mariano Rivera is due to receive it before Game 2 of the World Series. The award does have several honorees in its history, most recently Ken Griffey Jr. in 2011. I'd like to take a vote on this to see if we should amend our guidelines and include this award in player infoboxes or not. What does everyone think? Y2Kcrazyjoker4 ( talk • contributions) 01:10, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey guys. I just did a GA review for this, only to see that Secret is on leave yet again. Would one of you be able to take over the review and make the changes? We're getting pretty close to 250 GAs so this would get us further along on that. Wizardman 15:53, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello WikiProject Baseball,
I am setting up an unofficial task force to get the article Major League Baseball re-listed to GA status. The first task needed is to add more references as seen here. Please add your name to the list to help out, so we can assign users a task in an organized and collaborative manner. Use # ~~~~ to add your name below.
Thank you, Sportsguy17 ( talk) 17:26, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
OK. So, we need to figure out how close it is relatively. Eric's input of it still needing a ton of work is a start, but we need to attack the specific issues that are preventing it from being given GA status and fix them. Sportsguy17 ( click to talk • contributions) 20:28, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
See also: User talk:Go Phightins! for starting discussions.
I'd like to see some specific comments for the article. I think Go Phightins! shall be the reviewer and I'd like for him to make an informal review based on the criteria as to how close the article is to GA and what is still life.
I have started a discussion regarding some major changes to the MLB yearly infobox which is currently in use for many individual team season articles. If you are interested, please discuss these changes there. Brian Reading ( talk) 05:58, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello.
There is a discussion on capitalization issues in another project that seems to affect this project.
HandsomeFella ( talk) 12:19, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Category:American League Most Valuable Player Award winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
According to this retention periods list, we have until December 30 to make 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game a good article. — Bloom6132 ( talk) 20:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
I have started a discussion regarding a recent edit that added a link to the baseball portal from the MLB team season infobox. Any comments are welcome. isaacl ( talk) 06:31, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Category:National League Most Valuable Player Award winners, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
Right now, the sentiment regarding the two categories (above) is to delete them. If you have an opinion, pro or con, about whether these categories should exist or be deleted, please participate in the conversation. Liz Read! Talk! 23:46, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Baseball does not have an Outline article in mainspace, but it has a draft at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of baseball. The Outline is not perfect, but it is ready for primetime; I'm sure it will be improved once it is in mainspace. Would someone please move Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Drafts/Outline of baseball to Outline of baseball? Rgrds. -- 64.85.215.216 ( talk) 13:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
So last week I added the team colors templates to the yearly MLB infobox, as seen here, and just a couple days ago I was reverted by Spanneraol, claiming readability issues. I would now like to propose this to the project officially. I believe a little color, especially the team colors improve the infobox and truly associates each use with the team it's describing. However if readability is a concern and it is decided against, it seems a double standard with it used on templates like Template:Infobox MLB player and each team's navbox. CRRays Head90 | #OneMoreGame 00:39, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
In an attempt to be bold and modernize this infobox, I have converted it to use the {{Infobox}} meta-template as a base. Not many should notice a difference in behavior and appearance, but feel free to discuss this and other changes I have made to the infobox here. Brian Reading ( talk) 06:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
For reasons I discussed on that template's talk page, I have added an optional "Results" section to this infobox that contains a place to add overall record and divisional place for the season. I will be updating articles with this info, and urge you to do so as well. Brian Reading ( talk) 06:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Your input at Talk:Minor League Baseball#Requested move would be appreciated. The request centers on the extent to which the article is about the MiLB organization versus the general concept of minor league baseball, and thus how the title should be capitalized. -- BDD ( talk) 17:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up to those who work on season articles. There's no need to use the {{ Infobox MLB yearly-pre1969}} template, as it has been superseded by the {{ Infobox MLB yearly}} template. There had been a technical issue in the past, but this is no longer the case. No need to update all of the season articles before 1969, as it will automatically redirect, but try not to use this deprecated title. Brian Reading ( talk) 00:30, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
I stumbled across the article 1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys season and noticed what I considered a huge spelling error. "Pittsburgh" is suppose to be spelled with an "H" on the end, but this artcle, and all the other Alleghenys season articles spell it without an "H". To me this is a spelling error and a common one and I would have simply fixed the error, but I wanted to make sure that it wasn't an error because thay mave have actually spelled it that way back then. Each season standings appear to be "misspelled" as well. The Baseball reference book uses the "H". Again I just wanted to confirm from someone who may have greater knowledge about this than me before moving the articles, because for all I know the "H"-less "Pittburg" may have been the way it was spelled back then. JOJ Hutton 21:52, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
Should we split the unassisted triple play article into a separate list for MLB occurrences (just like we did for perfect games and no-hitters)? — Bloom6132 ( talk) 04:59, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
From the first moment it was created [2], it had this little blurb in a paragraph about the 1951 season- "The Giants is dead," Dressen sang loudly (to the tune of "Roll Out the Barrel") through a door adjoining the teams’ clubhouses. The next day, after another Dodger win and Giant defeat, the Brooklyn lead swelled to 13½ games. Which was subsequently expanded on in 2007 [3] to include this also- As for the ungrammatical remark, Dressen was defended by at least one college professor who pointed out that, since Dressen was not saying that the Giant players were literally deceased, he had more latitude with grammar in a figure of speech. All the same, when O'Malley fired the manager, New York newspapers commented "DRESSEN ARE DEAD." The article was even edited to say Dressen died on the 15th anniversary of those words.
Dressen did say those words, but in 1953 [4] not 1951. The Dodgers won the pennant in 1953. ...William 15:16, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed people changing "Runs batted in" in infoboxes to "Run batted in|Runs batted in," and making other similar changes. "Runs batted in" redirects to "Run batted in," so I'm not sure why anyone would bother to do that. Someone wanna explain it to me? Should I be doing that when I make my edits? I prefer to just say "Runs batted in" or "California Angels" (instead of "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels" as it redirects to the same place and uses less bytes. Would we rather avoid redirects or conserve bytes used? --J.S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.243.121 ( talk) , this note added by Jprg1966 (talk) 22:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello - there is currently a discussion underway at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Date range redux to come to a final resolution the way dates for club tenure in infoboxs are displayed (e.g. - with a club from 2001–2007 or 2001–07). If you have an opinion one way or the other, please take part. The value in coming to a final resolution (either having language added to allow 8 digit date spans for this purpose or expressly forbidding it) is that it would provide certainty to these cases and stop needless reverting of this format one way or the other. If you do take part, please be sure to ground your arguments/opinions in fact, Wikipedia precedent and real world examples as opposed to preference only as this will help the project make the right call. There are thousands of articles (touched by thousands of editors) that use summary club tenure information in infoboxes, so there is clearly an advantage to settling it in a clear manner so all can comply. Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 04:26, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
The intro in Mike Trout's article states that he had a 10.4 WAR in 2012. Other sources seem to corroborate this figure, but Baseball-Reference lists it as 10.9, and FanGraphs lists it as 10.0. Thoughts? Delaywaves • talk 04:32, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey guys. Just wanted to send a note about Wikipedia:Stub Contest. Since we have about 20k stubs in our project, all of which could be expanded to DYK levels, I figure this is something we could work on over the next month. While GAs and FAs take a great deal of work, this is something where articles could be improved and turned around relatively quickly, especially for active players (most of which aren't stubs anyway). Wizardman 16:25, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
In the infobox for an MLB team article, the team's division is listed. In this edit, an editor is asserting that the division should be shown as, for example, "Eastern Division". There are sites that do use this form, such as the standings page for The Sports Network. MLB's standings page just uses the bare word, East/Central/West. The standings pages for ESPN and The Sporting News use, for example "East Division". What are your views on how the division name should be displayed? isaacl ( talk) 01:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
I believe all the roster templates are up to date following yesterday's transactions, but not all roster navboxes are. Can someone (or someones) help me update those? – Muboshgu ( talk) 15:50, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Also, we should be adding non-breaking spaces ( ) in the navbox templates, so that instead of this...
... we get this ....
– Muboshgu ( talk) 16:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
How about this? This seems to work, and doesn't seem to have the complications of a non-breaking space. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:53, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
OK, here's a quick sample: User:Isaacl/MLB roster navbox/testcases#Testing main template Currently, the template just replaces spaces in the list arguments with and then passes everything to the Navbox Lua module for rendering, so it can be a straight replacement for existing calls to the {{ Navbox}} template. It is possible to further enhance the template so it could do things such as automatically select the team colours based on the team name, have a simpler syntax so the editor doesn't have to enter in the *'s in the list, and so forth. (Of course syntax changes will require more extensive changes to the team roster template pages; it is possible to try to implement it so both syntaxes can work, but it's more difficult.) isaacl ( talk) 04:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
At Travis Ishikawa, there is a claim that as a 21st round selection, he got the highest signing bonus by a non-first rounder. I don't understand how a 21st round pick could get a higher signing bonus than 2nd-20th round pick. Can someone tell me whether I should let it get promoted to WP:GA as is or whether this point needs further clarification.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:22, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
The 2012, 2013 and 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting pages currently have lists highlighting notable upcoming candidates through 2019 (players retired this season) to illustrate the "stacked ballot syndrome" that's currently very much talked about regarding HOF voting. The issue is, Who gets on the list? Per Muboshgu's suggestion, I've started this thread (?) to try and get a consensus. Up to this point, I've "been bold" and tried to keep it to those I usually see in blogs and articles weighed with HOF voting patterns (no hitter who's debuted since 1950 has made the HOF with fewer than 2000 hits, for instance, and none have come particularly close; I've never seen Troy Glaus mentioned in any of these articles/blogs as an example of how strong future ballots are going to be, and he doesn't even have 1400 hits, making his non-inclusion a no-brainer in my book, for example). But these aren't my pages (yet...). If we're going to have these lists (and I personally think 2017 is the last truly stacked ballot that should be used as an example, if we're going to have them), we need a standard of some sort. We could find a really good article or set of and use it/them as a source; we could use a "metric" of some kind, like Hall of Fame Monitor on Baseball-Reference, or WAR or JAWS or something, but which, at what cutoff, and they aren't "facts," they're somebody's number thingy; or we could use a real, though still somewhat arbitrary, milestone, such as hits/wins/saves, or All Star Games (the current pages all list players with five or more All Star Games at the bottom, along with major award winners). Thoughts, suggestions? Masternachos ( talk) 22:04, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
I agree in condemning the index or list article Baseball Hall of Fame balloting but I postpone its discussion to another time and place. The place should be its talk page Talk:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting or the task-force talk Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Hall of Fame task force. -- P64 ( talk) 22:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Glad we could settle that. Masternachos ( talk) 01:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
When either starting news articles, or attempting to improve existing ones, I have used Google News archive countless times. Google News Archive was merged into Google News over two years ago but you could still search it archives. That may have ended. Since yesterday when trying to do a search via a archive search page I had long ago saved, I have been receiving 'The search option you have selected is currently unavailable'. Any links to archived articles still work. This for an example [6]. However if you try to do a archive search from that page, again you are stymied. I don't see a way to do an archive search from Google News main page either. It appears Google News archive searches are at an end. With it the job of working on anything that is dated from 15 or more years ago has become much harder. ...William 15:13, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Do we link the debut and last appearance teams in the infobox?-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:46, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks to the efforts of Sportsguy17 and EricEnfermero, two devoted project members, our vital core article, Major League Baseball, is now a good article. The duo each received a Million Award for their work on the article, and throughout the GAN process, epitomized the goals of a collaborative encyclopedia, and served as a role model for how future project focused collaboration can look. Hats off to both of them! Go Phightins ! 12:42, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
The move request is still ongoing; comment there while it lasts. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
The Yankees announced #6 will be retired for Joe Torre at some point [9]. Can anyone make an image of the number to add to the list of retired numbers in the Yankees article? 173.51.123.97 ( talk) 03:06, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
I see this site getting cited more and more often, and I think it's a problem. Take José Valverde, which is today's example. First MLBTR posted he had a deal with Arizona. A short while later, they updated their original post to say there is no deal. [10] To me, MLBTR is a great resource that points us in the right direction, but they are a tertiary source and not quite as good as citing MLB.com or a local paper. (Not meaning to draw attention to the editor who edited Valverde's article, since he's top notch, but just wanting to make a point and that's today's example.) – Muboshgu ( talk) 16:37, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
I posted this on the fb page of the MiLB and didn't get a responds back so I was wondering if you guys know the answer to this? I posted it here and not on the talk page of Minor League Baseball so I can get a so you guys don't overlook this.
I have a question about how a team conducts their history. When a MiLB team switches affiliates with a different MLB team, does the MiLB team that switches affiliates consider themselves as the same team even though all the players and coaching staff are all completely different or do they consider themselves as a different team?
Also when a city joins the expansion of a league at a different class level and the city already has a team that plays in a different league and at a different class level, is the city allowed to move up or down class levels as the same team (same franchise) and gain an expansion spot in the new league instead of gaining an expansion team (expansion franchise) or do they have field an expansion team (expansion franchise) and relocating the existing team (existing franchise) to a new city and with that the name gets transferred from the existing team (existing franchise) to the expansion team (expansion franchise)? Like suppose if Trenton wants to move up to Triple-A. They already have the Trenton Thunder which plays in the Eastern League at the Double-A level. If Trenton is listed for expansion for the International League, are the Trenton Thunder allowed to move up as the same team (same franchise), joining the expansion of the International League or do they have to relocate to a new city and give up the "Trenton Thunder" name to the expansion team (expansion franchise)? This happened to both the former and current Charlotte Knights. The “Charlotte Knights” name moved up to the Triple-A level and the team at the Double-A level did not. They relocated to Nashville to become the Nashville Xpress and today they are now the Mobile BayBears; the team that absorbed the “Charlotte Knights” name was the Triple-A team which was an expansion team. Also if two MiLB cities exchange leagues and classes, do both teams (franchises) either move up or down exchanging spots as both the same team (same franchise) or do two cities have to exchange teams (franchises)? Also if a city wants to move up or down and switching leagues with a cause of one team moving to a new city and a city losing its MiLB team, is the city allowed to move up or down as the same team (same franchise) and in exchange a team (franchise) moves either up or down as the same team (same franchise) but relocates to a new city at the same time. The current Carolina Mudcats team is the former Kinston Indians and the former Carolina Mudcats team is the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Pretend this 2012, is it possible for the Kinston Indians to move up as the same team (same franchise) but relocate at the same time to become the Blue Wahoos and the Carolina Mudcats move down as the same team (same franchise) or no. The summary of all of this is that is it possible for a team (franchise) to exist outside their class level? It is already possible for a team to exist outside their league since the Lake County Captains and the Bowling Green Hot Rods switched from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League but stayed at the same class level. If it is not possible for a team (franchise) to exist outside their class level than is cause of a restriction problem or does a team (franchise) has like a special code that prevents them for moving up or down class levels and staying at the same class level for life. All the way up until like the 1960’s and 70’s a team (franchise) is allowed to move up or down class levels as the same team (same franchise), is that still possible today?
Also is it possible for an independent baseball team to join the MiLB expansion or do they have to fold and be replaced with an expansion team (franchise)? Like for example the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League, is it possible for them to join the expansion as the same team (same franchise) or do they have to be replaced by a new team (new franchise). Is it also possible for a MiLB team (franchise) to drop out and go independent or no and is it possible for a MiLB team (franchise) to fold and be replaced by a new team (new franchise) taking their place in the same league at the same class level either if the they are going to play in the same city or different city or is that a no? Also is it possible for an independent league team to take the place of a struggling MiLB team as the same team (same franchise) or do they have to fold and have that struggling team relocate to the city where the independent team once played.
In my view of the words team and franchise, in my opinion, franchise is the alternative way of saying team and franchise is the same thing as team. 173.61.77.216 ( talk) 19:32, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
"I have a question about how a team conducts their history. ..."
Ugg its the franchise sock puppeteer again. Can't believe he hasn't given up yet. - DJSasso ( talk) 17:43, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I read Pat Collins and it says he is the only player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game. That made me think about the following scenarios that should be common. I don't see why it would not occur. Imagine the following.
Pat Collins did not pinch run officially, as we explain in the biography, and we should doubt that his 1923 feat is unique in major league history.
The past is a foreign country. A few decades before Pat Collins, player substitution itself was governed by the discretion of the team captains; Austin Dirks replaces Miguel Cabrera (Tigers) with the permission of John Farrell (Red Sox). In the 1920s, perhaps Cabrera might swing the bat and Dirks run from home to first in his place, without replacing him in the game. (Cabrera is a good illustration now, during extended October 2013, i hope, because the nature of his injury makes him susceptible to further injury in that situation especially.) Vaguely I recall the term courtesy runner and understand that it was no official appearance.
-- P64 ( talk) 17:53, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm currently trying to take the Pat Collins article to GA. I've already searched all of Google News Archives and Google Books for sources, but found nothing on his early life except for this source, which I need help verifying. I was wondering if any of you know where I can find sources on this. Cheers! — Bloom6132 ( talk) 15:38, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
I nominated List of Nippon Professional Baseball players to hit for the cycle for featured list status here. I've worked on this list on and off for a year and I believe I finally made it good enough to be NPB's first featured list, and hopefully the first of many. Any comments/criticisms would be helpful. Thanks! -- Torsodog Talk 16:56, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if everyone here is aware of this discussion, but it's important for a full discussion to take place. Please review. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:50, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Article is deleted and rightly so. Now what about the others? Secret account 01:03, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Just an FYI, Resolute was nice enough to give 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game a review, breaking through the slow-moving GAC process. It's been promoted so the topic retains its status. Staxringold talk contribs 17:05, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
The 2014 Wikipedia:WikiCup has already started, if interested sign up here. Great fun for the content contributors. Thanks Secret account 00:37, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
I have opened Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak/archive1. Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak is a new type of article at WP:FAC so I hope a lot of sports fans will take the time to shape it correctly as a model for future articles on records.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:09, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
has been nominated for deletion. Come on over and participate in the discussion. ...William 15:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Last year, I proposed the drive, and it did not materialize particularly well (although we did get a few GAs out of it), for a variety of reasons, perhaps to wide a scope, perhaps lack of interest, perhaps a conglomeration of other factors. The bottom line is that I would like to see some semblance of it occur again this year, as this project doesn't have a lot of coordinated collaboration, and while we do have a lot of GAs and FAs due to work by individuals, we could tackle two of our bigger issues - sub-standard articles on current players and lack of focused, coordinated, content creation collaboration - with a drive of this nature. It is just a matter of determining how, so I open the floor for discussion, first by pinging participants in last year's drive; of course all are welcome to comment. Wizardman, EricEnfermero, Brambleberry of RiverClan, AutomaticStrikeout, Astros4477, Dewelar Thanks! Go Phightins ! 20:45, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Here's an idea if you want the drive to have a theme or goal of sorts: Find the most interesting random fact about a ballplayer, and write articles on those types. I've found out about ballplayers suffering cerebral hemmorhages on the field, ballplayers being falsely reported dead via identity theft, and we have a GA on a guy who led a double life after his career with two families. If nothing else that'd make a drive more fun, especially since many of these stories are not exactly known, so who knows what we can find. Wizardman 23:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm also willing to join once I get a massive backlog of Wikistuff out of my plate. Secret account 19:49, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
I too will contribute :) - Newyorkadam ( talk) 20:57, 8 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
It seems that a recent color category has been added for the pages from 2000 to now, indicating that a player was "Eliminated from annual BBWAA consideration by poor performance or expiration on subsequent ballots." I think that's too many colors and this particular category really isn't even worth mentioning... So unless I get even the slightest response to the contrary (even a, "I don't know, man...") on this talk page within... I don't know, a month? I'm going to go ahead and change it back to how it was. Masternachos ( talk) 23:26, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't know enough about this subject to do it, but it is clear that this article needs significant improvement. I've posted a multiple issues template on it. If somebody in this wikiproject could take a look at it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, SteelMariner Talk 07:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Denny Bautista, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Sanfranciscogiants17 ( talk) 11:49, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, just thought I'd drop by to say I'm planning to write up articles for the remaining perfect games that currently don't have their own. Had anyone else been interested in doing this? I've started collecting sources for each, currently they're at subpages in my userspace (all that are there now are links, but I'll begin work in the next few days). Any help is welcomed. I don't imagine they'll immediately all be GA's, but they'll be nice to have. Green-eyed girl ( Talk · Contribs) 05:58, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Okay, cool. All I did so far was gather sources. I was most interested in doing Browning or Larsen (I wasn't going to tackle either of the 19th-century games). I can certainly contribute to any existing drafts as well. Green-eyed girl ( Talk · Contribs) 01:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello, baseball experts. The above abandoned Afc submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable player, and should the article be kept? — Anne Delong ( talk) 01:59, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
File:1972 MLB Players Strike ends after 13 days..png – could someone please verify whether this image is public domain or not? I wanted to crop it for Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, but I'm unsure as the source looks iffy at best and it's the only contribution the uploader has made. Cheers! — Bloom6132 ( talk) 12:22, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Yesterday, Yankees10 and I almost simultaneously created a page for Yankees prospect Peter O'Brien. He created it at Peter O'Brien (baseball), while I created it at Peter O'Brien (catcher). We're having a disagreement about the proper location. When I initially went to Peter O'Brien, I saw Pete O'Brien (first baseman), Pete O'Brien (1900s second baseman), and Pete O'Brien (1890s second baseman), and figured that since "Pete" and "Peter" are basically the same thing, the disambiguation is necessary. Yankees10 does not agree, bringing up the players listed at Daniel Murphy. He may be right. Since we're not getting anywhere in discussion between the two of us, I'm putting it up here for input. – Muboshgu ( talk) 14:42, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Catcher would definitely be the one to use. All the players are named Peter, even if the others are more commonly known as Pete. Naming is intended to help the readers and I think using catcher would do the most help with the plain baseball redirecting to the disambig page. - DJSasso ( talk) 15:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Are we moving Daniel Murphy then too? And every other similar situation?-- Yankees10 23:18, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi all, I have been working on the 2014 Philadelphia Phillies season article, primarily just covering transactions and whatnot, and recalled that, when working on football season articles (e.g., 2013 Penn State Nittany Lions football team), there is a depth chart template (for CFB, it's Template:CFB Team Depth Chart). I could not, however, find one for MLB. Would it be possible to create one to put as a team's preseason depth chart? Just a thought. Thanks. Go Phightins ! 15:10, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
An editor has added an "Infobox Political post" to the "Commissioner of Baseball" article, and changed the infoboxes on the "Bud Selig" and "Fay Vincent" articles to "Infobox officeholder". As these infoboxes are for political offices, I believe they are inappropriate for these articles. What do you think? isaacl ( talk) 16:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion underway here about merging our MLB player infobox into the baseball biography one. Spanneraol ( talk) 21:12, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
List of Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names needs a name change I think because MLB wasn't around when these guys played. I have the table finished and uploaded an image, but I can't think of a name for the list that wouldn't be awkward. Thoughts? Seattle ( talk) 17:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hello baseball experts! Is this a notable player, and should the article be saved from deletion as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 06:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I have started a discussion on the recent back-and-forth editing on List of Major League Baseball players with 300 career stolen bases, adding/removing citations for each player. Any comments are welcome. isaacl ( talk) 23:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Umm I should move on? Dude, I was trying to get this to Featured List status before you started reverting the sources. You too became more aggressive to the point where Secret used rollback because he thought your edits were vandalism or it looked like it. Telling someone to move on is still WP:OWN. Look, I want to continue working on this article without the worry of you reverting the sources. I think the table could be cleaned up and that would help. Also, consensus is not a vote Redmen. Wikipedia rarely has votes. This is all discussion, none of it is or will be a vote. Plus, as I said, having one leaderboard on MLB.com cannot be used as one source and contradicting sources put in footnotes still need to be sourced and for some statistics, leaderboards don't exist, so individual statistics from BR cannot hurt. This is how it has been in many articles for years; why is changing all of a sudden? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 02:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC) @ Bagumba:, @ Isaacl:, @ Redmen44: - I have a solution: I now see why this article does not need individual references. This shouldn't be the case for every list. Some lists will require individual references, but perhaps leaderboards will suffice for this article. I propose that this be closed as a consensus, the article is unprotected, I will self revert and we can build it to FL from there. That said, individual refs will be needed on FL's so this is a case-by-case thing. Agreed? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 02:58, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused by this notification: I would have thought this talk page would be a suitable location to discuss any reorganization of the project, or to provide assistance to each other and new users? I understand different editors prefer different methods, and so have no issues with using IRC, but it seems odd that the project talk page has not been involved at all in these discussions (not even to announce the IRC channel). I hope that the talk page will continue to be the main place for discussion. isaacl ( talk) 23:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
I was going to notify the Wikiproject but my Internet temporarily crashed, we kinda edit conflicted but yes all discussion is going to be discussed here. Secret account 23:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, several people from the baseball wikiproject are getting together after Wizardman's sudden retirement to figure out a better way to organize the Wikiproject. One of the ideas we came up with is having our own IRC channel to help each other, as well as new users with collaboration and content. If you need help connecting to IRC join #wikipedia-coffeehouse connect. The IRC channel for Wikiproject Baseball is #wiki-baseball connect. Thanks Secret account 23:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Note I will help out anyone with connecting to IRC, so far it has been a success with several users who never done IRC entering and discussing potential changes. User:Go Phightins! will leave a summary on what happened. Just connect and try it out. Thanks Secret account 02:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)