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Gio

But in your first post, you said, "a site like MLB.com". MLB.com said the trade was official. Sorry for the harshness, if any, but I think the trade is official.Gibberish77 (talk) 00:24, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

From the article, "The deal is official pending a physical." It's almost there, but not 100% done.--Giants27(T|C) 00:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

NFL player info box

hi i have a little question about the nfl player info box. are there any specific id for each player for the link to their stat on nfl official website "|nfl={{{playerid}}} i'm try to figure out each player's id. does it have to begin with the first 3 letter of each last name and followed with 6 numbers? where can i get this "6 numbers"? Daonguyen95 (talk) 00:52, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

On the article Doug Baldwin, you had the right info there (his name and those numbers after it), but a few months back, NFL.com changed all their links to the ones they have now (the dougbaldwin/2530747 kind). However, to avoid re-doing all the old ones which still work (the kind you referenced where it would something like BAL2530747, rather than what it is now), we created a new field which can work along with the nfl= field. The new field is nflnew=. If you feel like it, you can change it to that one whenever you see it, but personally, it probably won't be worth it since the nfl= one works fine with the old way. However, for articles with non-functioning links or ones that don't yet have one, you need to use the nflnew= field rather than the nfl= field. Hope that helps!--Giants27(T|C) 00:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! if convenient, i would like to know more about the old way with that id thing--Daonguyen95 (talk) 01:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Sure. Basically, an example is Captain Munnerlyn's link. The code looks like |nfl=MUN472912, compared to the one I showed you for Baldwin. I'm not sure why they switched it, but they did. You can also see by clicking on the link on Munnerlyn's page that the old one still works. It could always be moved over, but for now, since it works, like I said, it wouldn't make sense to do so. However, if you click it, the link reverts to the new one on the the NFL site.--Giants27(T|C) 02:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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Hideki Okajima

You changed the New York Yankees roster template about a second before I was about to finish my edit. I'm always beat by you or Eagles247 when I edit, for some reason. RevanFan (talk) 16:24, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

A small thing, but please don't write that "X is a...member of the X of Major League Baseball" when in reality they've just signed a minor league contract. The likelihood of a player like Okajima or any minor league free agent of making an opening roster is slim and it is just plainly inaccurate to say a minor league deal is the same as a guaranteed contract in MLB--TM 16:36, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

It is accurate because he is a member of the Yankees. Not sure what else it could say.--Giants27(T|C) 16:41, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

But he isn't a member of the Yankees anymore than any other minor leaguer. I change these to "X is a Y professional baseball pitcher with Z organization. I'd appreciate it if you saved me the work did something similar.--TM 18:05, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

If you're going to do that, it should be "X is a Y professional baseball pitcher with the Z organization". For most teams, just saying with won't work grammatically.--Giants27(T|C) 18:12, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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I don't know about you (although I do know you are a respected author), but I don't think it's that clear as to Beltran's earning of an invitation. On the Orioles template? I don't know if this is considered a reliable source, and you may have easily have found something posted later today but NBC Sports posted something earlier today, saying "It's not clear if he's been given an invite to spring training." http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/46005215 - the link for the article. Sorry for your troubles. Gibberish77 (talk) 02:26, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh, you're right. I misread the update on Rotoworld. My apologies,--Giants27(T|C) 02:37, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Acknowledgement...right here (it feels weird not to say anything) Gibberish77 (talk) 02:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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