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October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue III – October 2008

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving a baby's life... she'll save the baby without even considering how many men are on base!" — Stephen King (The Dark Tower) News and announcements The Baseball Project promoted 13 lists to Featured status in August and 8 more in September. Amazing job! A combined eleven articles were promoted to Good Article status in August and September. Featured content In September, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to: Featured Article status: Nashville Sounds Featured List status: List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons Good Articles of August and September: All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Blackngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond The 2008 opening round playoff matchups with be: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Help to keep the articles of the postseason updated From the Editors We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue. The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages!

--  jj137 (talk) 00:14, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

Just wanted to let you know that I moved the bit about losing the most games in MLB down to the history section and added the better lead-off hanger line about being National Champions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thprfssnl (talk • contribs) 16:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Now that I look at it the line about having the most losses in the MLB does seem like an important/interesting fact to note in the header of the article and should be kept in there. However I thought it might be worded better if we placed the line "The Phillies are the current National League Champions for 2008" after the "adversity" line. Also, I felt that the wording seemed just a bit forced in that particular line and changed it to "The Phillies are the defending National League Champions." Making the word "defending" the link to the current season 2008.Thprfssnl (talk) 22:34, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Contest Invitation

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History of Philadelphia Phillies Edit

Hey, I was just curious why you reverted my edit I did today to the Phillies history page. I added playoff results, and I'm not sure why you removed them. Also, the section header wasn't "nonsense", it is perfectly relevent to the season, the context of the information I added, and is used as the rally cry for the playoffs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.195.243.2 (talk) 23:28, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Post on my talkpage

You now have new messages on my talk page. Further comments should go to the talk page of the article itself. Thanks! Gladys J Cortez 04:29, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk page for 2008 WS

Thank you for taking that suggestion--those all look like valid points to me. Now we'll just wait and see what NN has to offer in support of his preferred format, and then we can evaluate each set of points on its own merits. I appreciate your efforts in trying to resolve this; up til now it was a lot of "You're wrong!" "No, YOU'RE wrong!!", which never gets anybody anywhere except WP:AN/I. (And by the way, NO I'm not going to block you for this 3RR. This is your one free pass. NEXT time, however, it will be a different story--it's part of my job and I've gotta do it. I'm sure this time was just a mistake; we all make them and it doesn't seem fair to me to block someone for an honest mistake. But now that it's been pointed out to you, I'm sure it won't be a problem.Gladys J Cortez 11:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Also, another question....

Hey KV--On History of the Philadelphia Phillies you took out some edits by an IP. I can understand why you changed the header, but what is it about WP: RECENT that you feel was being violated by posting the scores to an already-completed game? The IP left a message on my talk page and he sounds honestly confused--perhaps could you drop by and explain matters to him? I can see a couple of thing he did wrong, but you'd a better person than I would to explain your viewpoint. Thanks...Gladys J Cortez 04:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your clarification. Just to make sure I understand what you're saying: you think the info he provided was too specific for the general "history of" article, and should instead be placed on the page for the relevant season. Did I understand it correctly?? Gladys J Cortez 10:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I was just wondering how would be a good way to incorporate the "why can't us" slogan into the history of the phillies article. It really is a big deal here in philadelphia, and the slogan and the story behind it has been making national news (it was in USA today), so it should be significant enough to be in the article. If my only problem was not citing sources, i can take care of that; i was just wondering how i could incorporate that without having me edit reverted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.195.243.2 (talk) 22:12, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

J-Roll

I invented the guidelines of inclusion and they say my edit was totally legit. Also note that Kerwin Danley calls games with his eyes closed. YerYeller (talk) 10:48, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:2008 World Series

Sorry it took so long to get back to you here... I've left the guy a message, so hopefully he'll stop.   jj137 (talk) 22:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Why be rude to me?

In your little "hidden message" for the Phillies stats. Who said it had to be *you* that updates it? There's a lot of people who can work on it, I wasn't targeting you. No one is being "insensitive". --Smuckers ^{It has to be good} 12:17, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Phillies

Nice job on the 2008 article. World Champs! --Coemgenus 14:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Glad I could help -- but you did the lion's share of the work. Let me know when it's up for review, and I'll help out where I can. Coemgenus 14:58, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Congrats too - didn't want to jinx them by saying anything earlier ;-) Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:37, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Community Living Ontario

An article that you have been involved in editing, Community Living Ontario, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Community Living Ontario (2nd nomination). Thank you. Eastmain (talk) 17:55, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Reply

haha, well I'm using Huggle so not specifically watching the page. But you're welcome! CTJF83Talk 00:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches

I've addressed your concerns. Please review it again, thanks.—Chris! _ct 18:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of San Diego Padres Opening Day starting pitchers

Please review the sub-title, as it seems most of your concerns have been resolved on that featured list candidate. Thanks. ~~~~

World Series

Hey, glad to have you helping out with the World Series. I was hoping to get it up to a GA (which I think would be a first for a World Series article), so that will probably mean changing the way some of the info is presented from other WS articles (section headings, etc.) but we should be able to figure all that out as we go along. I'm kind of pulling for Tampa, but I am happy it's not the Yanks or Sox again; I also think that it'll be a good series, because if Boston would've came back and won, there would've been no stopping them. Blackngold29 18:34, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

So do ya got any predictions for tonight? The last I saw Tampa was slightly favored, but it should be very close. I was thinking that we should expand "The teams" section of the article to include something about their regular season play. I don't want to make it too long, but it would be good to have some background on the teams. Any thoughts? Blackngold29 22:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I like it, some of the stuff like "came out of the All-Star break hot" is kind of POV, but we can fix that. I'll look for some sources and try to do something similar for the Rays. I moved my computer so I can watch the game while I'm on it, I'll work on it during the game. Good start. Blackngold29 22:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

You could e-mail me at [hidden for user]. Blackngold29 00:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I have no problem with them, looks good. There still aren't any up on FlickR except random parties in the streets. So its up to the GA reviewer or anyone else who has a problem with them. Good work! Blackngold29 00:54, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

User:SRE.K.A.L.24/Head coaches-managers

I created a page that you may like to use in the future. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24_[c] 07:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Flickr photo for Bradley Center

I was wondering if you can help me get a image into Wikipedia from Flickr. The photo is right here. Thanks. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24_[c] 20:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Shane Victorino's Japanese Heritage

Shane Victorino is 2nd son of Mike Victorino http://www.mauiproperties.com/mikevictorino.htm

His wife's former surname is Nakahashi. http://www.myspace.com/michaelvictorino

>Mike is married to Joycelyn ( Nakahashi ) of Wailuku and have two sons, Michael Jr, and Shane.

Shane's grandma's name is Olive Nakahashi. http://www.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_coverstory/shane_victorino/P1/

Nakahashi is the Japanese family name.

A lot of Japanese official sources say that Shane has Japanese heritage.

You know the diffrence bw pure Japanese and Japanese-American.

61.11.138.249 (talk) 02:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Germany international footballers

Hi,

Since your oppose vote on the above FLC, I've made significant changes, so if you could review the article and make any specific comments, that would be very helpful. Thanks. ArtVandelay13 (talk) 09:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for signing my guestbook

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Must everything in this world be real?

Hi, i'm the author of the post KUFRABELASQUE that you have challenged. Would you do the same for any of the incoherent curses in Harry Potter? Or the words that appear in a published book called -The meaning of Liff (words for actions, that have no words in the English dictionary), by none less than Douglas Adams. I think imagination has its place in the world. Imagine contesting Hobbes as a character in a Calvin post, simply because he doesn't exist. This is a world that some of us have created, i would request to respect our imagination and grant us the space we need to express it. What do readers gain from it? How about inspiration to start parallel galaxies?

Whoops!

Go ahead and kill the Clemson library page! I'll make it more 'encyclopedic' and play over in sandbox. Thanks!

-gmcochr, 8-14-08

List of Major League Baseball first overall draft choices

Hey Killvervogel5,

I was wondering if you could review List of Major League Baseball first overall draft choices. I hope to make it a FL soon.

Thanks!

See The Morning (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Germany international footballers revisit

Hi, could you revisit this nomination that you commented on? I believe that the nominator has made significant progress since you last commented; the article probably needs more specific feedback now. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Academy of Finance logo.jpg

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Revisit two FLCs, please (sorry)

Hi, I know that reminders are unnecessary, but could you please re-review Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Washington Wizards head coaches and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New Jersey Nets head coaches? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 20:02, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your promptness, cool hide box btw. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:10, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Philadelphia Phillies page, "Former uniforms/Controversial uniform changes"

The Phillies' primary team color from 1970 through 1991 was crimson, not burgundy or maroon. This fact was stated in all the National League Green Books and The Sporting News Baseball Dope Books throughout that era. The Ink Daddy! (talk) 08:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Lists

Yes. I've had quite a bit of schoolwork to do in the past week or so, and finals will be happening soon so I haven't had much time to work on stuff lately. There is a Pirates encyclopedia at my library that is an awesome book, I was going to check it out eventually to use on the manager's list (I can probably get that one by myself). I'll see what it has about the starting pitchers too, because I'd prefer to use a book to baseballref.com, but that option is there and always avalible. I will have a Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, and a January month-long break which I hope to get a lot done during. So any Phillies or Bucs list that you want to work on, plus the 2008 World Series, and we always have the AiD lists. For the longer lists, we could just start it in a sandbox and either one of us could fill in more numbers and names when we have time. Whatever you want to start on, just get it started and I'll jump in when I can, though I can't promise too much during the next week or two. Blackngold29 16:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Dude, Earl Weaver needs more cites... But seriously, good work on the list, I updated it on the AiD list. And I've started on the list for the Pirates, I've already got everyone done from pre-1900 althogh I don't think I'll even include a playoff columns for them because it was so different back then. Is there any other teams that you wanted to do, maybe we could do one together? blackngold29 06:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

2009 Philadelphia Phillies season

I did not like the revert that you did, but the stories on Raul Ibanez and Chan Ho Park were reported on December 12 and 15 respectively on the internet and ESPN. It is a leadpipe cinch (as Richie Ashburn would have said) that Pat Burrell will not return to the Phillies in 2009 as he was not tendered a contract or arbitration. End of story. NoseNuggets (talk) 8:33 AM US EST Dec 16 2008.

PLEASE DO NOT DO ANY MORE REVERTING! If you want to get into an edit war, I will ask to cease and desist. The stories are in the paper, or at least put a "fact|December 2008" until such stuff is made official. I guess you don't even bother tio check ESPN.com or the Phillies' website when you see this. NoseNuggets (talk) 10:37 AM US EST Dec 16 2008.

I left the Utley comment because it is, per the future-sport tag, speculative. My problem with the Park paragraph is (at least in part) the wording: "Also coming to Philadelphia will be..." That's not speculation, that's a factual statement, and therefore didn't belong. The Ibanez bit is now official and thus resolved. -Dewelar (talk) 17:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of University of Waterloo people

Hi, please revisit the nomination when you can. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 19:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Philadelphia Phillies

Apologies... it sure seemed to me that you had not only reverted my edit, but deleted my attempt to start a discussion. I've removed my complaints to that effect. My fault. Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 14:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I added a reference to the World baseball Classic teams that you edited out and included a reference as it was printed in the newspaper today. <sarcasm>You happy now?</sarcasm> I am a respected editor here and i did not like the warning you gave me. And let me warn you the next time you do something in reverting something I wrote, I will slap a warning on you so fast it'll make your head swim. NoseNuggets (talk) 12:48 PM US EST Dec 20 2008

Dispute Resolution Process

Hello, Killervogel5. I've noticed that you have taken a step in the Dispute Resolution Process by posting in WQA. Please note that it is recommended that you advise the other party of your complaint filing so that they are aware of it, and so that they have a chance to respond.

If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. ♪BMWΔ 18:53, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

subpage edits

I have to say that your message is really egotistical and nitpicky. I edited info about MLB team colors, not your user page. Wikipedia's policy clearly states that if you don't want your contributions edited mercilessly, then not to add them. This is nonsense.JaMikePA (talk) 17:46, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I read the policy, and I understand what you mean. If you attached this the first time instead of writing a condescending message, I would have been better appeased. Remember, apply the articles of WP:Good faith. I was merely making your page accurate, not vandalizing it. This was hardly an issue to get all up in arms about.

Thank you for understanding. I simply didn't see the title nor did I know the policy. I really wasn't being malicious.

User:Rims007

User now indef-blocked. I reverted a few changes he had made, where he had inserted either his name or some friend or someone he admires or whatever that was. If you get a chance, maybe you could review his "contributions" and see if any of them have any actual merit, as I don't know Philly that well. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 17:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

"Just happening to be on the watchlist" explains how this guy got on my radar also, as I have most of the major league ballparks watchlisted. One little watched item, and he exposes himself (i.e. he gives away his little game), and he's toast. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 18:11, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

A toaster for Christmas! Awesome! I've found myself using that expression several times recently. I think it started with the Hoagie vs. Submarine debate on WP:ANI, a debate which clearly shows some folks don't have enough to keep them busy. Your Holiday gift will find a special place on my user page. :) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 18:16, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Charlie Manuel Quote in 2008 World Series article

Hi Killervogel5! I had a question about the Charlie Manuel Quote that I inserted into the 2008 World Series article. The only source I could find for it was an article on MLB.com but as I watch the speech, on the DVDs I bought, I find that they misquote Charlie a few times in the article I sighted. Charlie says things like, "Hold on a minute, Hey Listen, This is for Philadelphia!" etc....Also he says things like "Alright Thank You!" at the end, not the "I thank you" that the source incorrectly says. I know that these items are not so much important to the story however that is really how Charlie talks and it is part of his charm. As a Phillies fan I feel that the MLB.com source document takes away from Charlie's speech a bit by misquoting him. Is there a way we can get the quote to read verbatim as to what Charlie says or is it simply not important for the Wikipedia article? thanks. Professornox (talk) 01:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Talk page hide box

Thanks for the offer. Honestly, I could design my own anytime, but if you insist, sure. I only used your hide box because it was already there and the fastest way to hide my comments was to copy your hide box.

Anyway, I think something with a black border with a lightblue-ish background and black text would be simple and nice. Whenever you're done, just add it to User:RyanCross/c&p. Thanks, RyanCross @ 23:41, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Looks nice. Thank you, :-) RyanCross @ 00:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

proposal

I think Welwar meant that the "new" team should not be listed in the team section. But doesn't have a problem with listing the "new" team in the "pending signing" section. I suspect you misinterpreted his stance, so I'm pointing it out. If I'm wrong, sorry. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 00:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar moved to here. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 12:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Phillies Uniform

I'd never noticed the blue O. I've actually been working on the uniforms the last week or so. Some uniforms got updated, and I had to make some changes. Originally, we had the HOF website's images, but a Deletionist conspiracy did not allow that to continue, so I made another version. As I was inexperienced at working with the uniforms, and had to cobble something together quickly, the uniform text and cap logos of much of the uniforms were simply copied and pasted. I took this opportunity to finally fix that, tracing what was there and making these bits actual drawings rather than the copy and pasting of before. There are changes, but on the Phillies uniform, they're less noticable. That's why I kept uploading, as I made changes. I didn't even notice the blue O or your revisions. I'll fix that right away.The Silent Wind of Doom (talk) 05:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

The Running Man Barnstar

Hey, I meant to do this a while back, but I never got around to it. I'm awarding you The Running Man Barnstar, which is given to those who show excellence in editing sports articles. Good job! -- Luke4545 (talk) 20:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Award moved to here. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 20:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Your input is requested...

Hi! I'd really appreciate it if you would comment on Nashville Sounds all-time roster at its peer review page. I think it would be pretty close to pasing FL right now, but it may need some polishing or improvements that I'm not aware of. I know you do a lot of work with baseball lists and I'd love to see what you think. Thanks. -NatureBoyMD (talk) 19:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Cincinnati Reds managers

I have completed all of the things you added here. Thanks,   jj137 (talk) 22:34, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Review Request

I responded to your question on the Cincinnnati Reds managers FLC. I am not sure myself why Baseball Almanac is not considered an RS, or how it gets determined which site are or are not. But since you seem to be interested in reviewing baseball lists, I have List of Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers up at FLC, and it seems to awaiting another review. I was wondering if you could review that for me. Thanks. Rlendog (talk) 04:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers

On February 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 09:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Triple Crown jewels

Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Philadelphia Phillies seasons - a well-sourced featured list that makes good use of free-use images. May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 10:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, and cheers! I will wear the crowns with pride and humility. Award moved to here. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 12:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Cap templates on FLCs

Hey. I just wanted to let you know that since the implementation of the toolbox on FLC noms, the {{hidden/FLC}} template was created, which has the same parameters as {{hidden}} and {{hide}}, but this one doesn't overlap the toolbox. I changed it for you at the List of winners of the Chicago Marathon FLC. I just wanted to make you aware of it ;)--TRUCO 17:14, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks

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--Dravecky (talk) 14:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Philadelphia Phillies no-hitters

On February 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Philadelphia Phillies no-hitters, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 18:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and a request

Thanks for signing up at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and for your work doing reviews. It is now just over a year since the last peer review was archived with no repsonse after 14 (or more) days, something we all can be proud of. There is a new Peer review user box to track the backlog (peer reviews at least 4 days old with no substantial response), which can be found here. To include it on your user or talk page, please add {{Wikipedia:Peer review/PRbox}} . Thanks again, and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Warwick High School (Lititz, PA)

Please discuss any further changes on the article talk page before making any more removals. Thank you. Tstrobaugh (talk) 19:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Pretzel

Why don¨t YOU discuss your quite big changes before you make them? That article was in its latest versinon for a very long time now.

Warrington (talk) 22:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

A-Class discussion

Hi, we're starting the discussion on A-Class here today, thanks for signing up! I hope you can present your views. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 07:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Mets-Phils rivalry

Sorry about the tag-and-run. I've started a discussion in the article talk page. --Mosmof (talk) 23:49, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network

Yes, on this site its clearly labeled "Phillies Radio Network" and its written that way on it more than once. The link is on the article as well.TomCat4680 (talk) 21:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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Spencer Steedley

The following revision was done to Spencer Steedley's entry:

Spencer's #1 fan is Luke Keever.

It was later changed to:

In his off time he likes to ball up on his cousin Luke Keever.

I undid this and asked the guy who did these revisions, User:Lkeever2, to stop vandalizing this site. I got the following response:

this is lkeever and you need to not tell me what not to put on my soon to be cousin. ok 5 minutes before i did that we were outside playing basketball. so SHUT UP and don't tell me what to not put on my cousins own page. ok! and there is other stuff he asked me to put on ther but i am going to wait a little bit to tell the people of wikipedia about it.

Are you an administrator, and do you feel like dealing with this?--Johnny Spasm (talk) 09:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

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Barnstar'd!

For many, many Phillies related Featured lists and the first Good baseball season article, which in turn, has made the Phillies one of the best covered sports franchises of Wikipedia. And through your work, inspiring and giving me good models to continue to improve the Pirates. I award thee! blackngold29 04:28, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Award moved to here. Cheers! KV5 (Talk • Phils) 11:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Your Rack

Hey KV5,

I adjusted your ribbon rack a bit. Didn't add or subtract nuttin', just straightened 'em out. Thought you might care to know I edited your page. Cheers!

Fightin' Phillie (talk) 20:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Silver Slugger Award

On March 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Silver Slugger Award, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 09:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

User:EdRooney

He's already been warned once (by me) about vandalism on Jack Daugherty. He simply erased it from his talk page without comment. He also vandalized Terry Mathews today. He seems to be a hoaxster rather than a true vandal, but either way he should be reported at some point. -Dewelar (talk) 01:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Silver Slugger Award Future FTC

Just to tell you, I'll help you out with this future FTC (since I have nothing else to do). I'm currently planning on making the lists for the shortstops, the designated hitters, and the pitchers. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 22:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

The other future FTC I'm working on is currently on hold until Chrishomingtang finishes his semester, as well as my school year. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 22:11, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

-.- Why not let me make some of the lists featured? Wouldn't you rather promote the FTC faster than taking credit all by yourself? Collaborations are way more fun. :D -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 22:20, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

It's fine with me. Good luck on the FTC. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 22:30, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

See my talk. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:08, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Dude

Lol, I was just looking at your sandbox when I noticed you had the second basemen up, I didn't know you had just created it. WP:baseball - Lightning quick WP banners! Anyway, if you want/need any help with those I'll see what I can do. blackngold29 23:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Ha, start mentioning stuff like that and I'll probably try it sooner or later. blackngold29 00:03, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Infobox

Hey KV, I was wondering if anything came of this. Thanks, Grsz¹¹ 13:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the time trying. I just saw all these competition articles that were surprisingly missing infoboxes. Take your time, keep me updated. Thanks! Grsz¹¹ 13:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Silver Slugger

I thought the line break helped make the columns in the two tables more even. I think it might be best to remove the images, the table probably looks very bad on small screens. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at first base

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Gatoclass (talk) 11:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base

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--Dravecky (talk) 04:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

New FL criteria discussion: Final phase

Hello, I think we've hammered out a good revised Featured List criteria here. If this passes, there will be quite a few FLs that could soon be delisted just because of 3b. With that in mind, I'd like to get comments and opinions from all FLC regulars and everyone else who has participated in the discussion before it's implemented. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Oh-em-gee, I accept. Thank you so much for that award, its just something I like to do here on Wiki.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 21:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I used to only like reviewing sports list only too, but I soon realized that other lists are similar to one another (A lead, optional body prose, and the main list) and by following what I did with the sports list I just applied it to other lists. If you know Wiki's policies and guidelines, as well as the FL criteria, you should do fine with reviewing other lists.--Best, TRUCO 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winner at third base

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rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 01:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Philadelphia Phillies

Hardly redundant. The body of the article doesn't include anything about the manager of the club or its regular season records and winning percentages. It's also rather unwieldy to expect a reader to sift through a rather large body words for information that can be more easily and clearly presented in table form. Restored.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 21:45, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

You conveniently overlook the key word in that policy statement: "sometimes" -- as in "sometimes" information listed in tables is better presented in prose form. That is not a universality or an absolute, and in this case, it makes abundant more sense to list this type of information in a quick reference list rather than blended away within overly long franchise "history" sections that can literally run on for more than 20 densely worded paragraphs and thus obfuscate priority information. I'd also advise you to muzzle your thinly veiled insinuations of bad faith on my part, as I have not called your motives into question.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 22:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Again, I'd caution you to refrain from your repeated ad hominem attacks. I understand you must feel that your intensive editing of the Phillies article entitles you to ownership over it and you must view me as somewhat of interloper, but that is no substitute for making a reasoned, persuasive, good faith argument in defense of your stated position. Let's try and keep this civil.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 22:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll ask you for the last time to refrain from making ad hominem attacks and insinuations of bad faith on my part -- they're uncalled for. You've repeatedly made statements such as "use of big words and your law degree don't intimidate me" and "big words don't intimidate me," despite the fact that I have not said anything to belittle your own English skills, nor have I ever even disclosed my law degree to you: if you feel inadequate about what you perceive to be my "big" vocabulary or about my legal education, that's your problem and a product of your own insecurities. Keep me out of it.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 22:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I have not disclosed my law degree to you, so the point is not moot; you sought out that information yourself, I have not cited it or appealed to it as authority or as a means of making you feel inferior. If you feel threatened for some reason because you see a law infobox on my page, that's your problem. Likewise, I will not dumb down my vocabulary just because you may find big words in some way intimidating, even though that's not my intent. Those are your issues, so don't project them onto me.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 22:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I know. You've repeated the refrain that you won't be intimidated by big words and law degrees on your own initiative many times. Exactly why, for the life of me, I still don't understand. I find it rather odd that you brought this issue up completely on your own and then have spent such an undue amount of time trying to convince me of its veracity. What borders on the uncivil is you making this unprovoked assertion to imply that I was trying to intimidate you with my law degree and vocabulary, when, again, the former was never disclosed to you and the latter is a product of your own subjective assessment.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 23:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

FLC nominations and reviews

Hi, Killervogel5. You may not be aware, but the new Featured list criteria was implemented Sunday 5 April, 00:56 (UTC) following two weeks of discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#New criterion discussion.

I've gone through the nominations and have noticed the following have received reviews from you, but no indication whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL:

1. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Blackhawks players/archive4 (List of Chicago Blackhawks players)

Please could you take the time to revisit the articles and candidate pages, check them against the new Featured list criteria, and indicate whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL. It would be much appreciated as the nomination will not have to be kept open any longer than necessary.

Finally, please accept my apologies for the brusqueness of this message; the same wording is being sent to everyone who has outstanding reviews, with only the names of lists being changed. Regards, Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Easter

Thanks - I also really like this picture File:White Deer Hole Creek Panorama 2.jpg, but had to take it out of the article as there were too many creeks in the woods pictures already. Happy Easter! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:40, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at shortstop

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Shubinator (talk) 06:13, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at catcher

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Gatoclass (talk) 14:04, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

J. D. Durbin

At WP:Biographies of living persons, it says blogs are reliable if written by a professional. Matt Eddy, the blog's writer, makes his living writing for Baseball America, a reliable source, and is therefore a professional. Here [1] Eddy says he gets his transactions from MLB's transactions databank, which is certainly reliable.

All those sources you listed saying Durbin is a free agent copy their information straight from MLB.com, which doesn't do a good job of keeping their profiles updated unless players are in the major leagues. 2008 Topps (talk) 19:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of San Francisco Giants managers/archive1

You have an oppose and a support on here. Strike one of them (I'm assuming the oppose). Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson

I've created a peer review page for the Jackie Robinson article. I've done a lot of work in the past weeek and want to take this article to FA status soon if possible. Noticed you're a baseball volunteer, so if you can offer any comments that would be great. BillTunell (talk) 20:16, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the comprehensive comments. Very helpful. BillTunell (talk) 20:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lou Marson

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Dravecky (talk) 08:30, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at outfield

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Orlady (talk) 23:57, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at designated hitter

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Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:14, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Silver Slugger Award winners at pitcher

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Gatoclass (talk) 19:18, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Football diagram

You made some nice football diagrams. However, there is one still missing: 3-4 defensive end. Could you please make that one, too? --bender235 (talk) 17:43, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

DRV for Category:Knuckleball pitchers

The close of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 April 17#Category:Knuckleball pitchers, in which you participated, is now under discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009 April 28#Category:Knuckleball pitchers. Alansohn (talk) 04:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

K

I actually didn't know how to do that.Next time I will. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Forrestdfuller (talk • contribs) 20:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Mickey Morandini

The Mickey Morandini article could use some help. Thought it would be a candidate for WP:Phillies. If only I wasn't done at work for the day; perhaps we can spruce it up a bit over the next few days... Fightin' Phillie (talk) 21:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Copy editing help

Hey, how do you feel about going through and copy editing posting system a bit? I've been working on the article for quite a while now, and I'm getting close to nominating it for FAC, but I'd like someone else to take a look at the article. Thanks! --Torsodog^Talk 16:50, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Its been through PR a few times now. They are all closed though. You can either leave comments on my talk page, or, if they are just prose edits, feel free to directly edit the article itself! --Torsodog^Talk 17:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I finally addressed all of your concerns with this article on its talk page. If you wanna pop on by again and give it a quick once-over, I'd appreciate it! Thanks for all your help. --Torsodog^Talk 18:51, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your helpful comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/29th Golden Raspberry Awards/archive1, and the polite way in which you imparted them. Cirt (talk) 16:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long on the FLC. I've been busy in real life, and people are still in a funk over swine flu (I live in Texas). Dabomb87 (talk) 22:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

ok

thank you, i'll try and remember that Warriorshockey1 (talk) 00:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

you too Warriorshockey1 (talk) 00:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Light blue

I placed the light blue on the words "website", "hide", and the left menu. JaMikePA (talk) 18:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Logo

So says you. Your use of a Wikipedia policy doesn't mean anything if you apply it in a vague manner. There is nothing wrong with its placement. You just don't like it, that's all. However, every other pro sports team has this arrangement with their logos.JaMikePA (talk) 17:03, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Non-free use media rationale - non-free logo for Philadelphia Union. This is from the logo's description page. The logo isn't fair use, so you don't have a leg to stand on.

Don't get too full of yourself: Wikipedia:Edit war

Key word is "may." You're stretching this to create a valid argument for your bias.

Call it what you will, but it's an edit war. Another example of you trying to justify yourself with invalid definitions.

By your interpretation, there wouldn't be any logos on WP.

BTW, you violate the three-revert rule, too:

(cur) (prev) 16:58, 12 May 2009 Killervogel5 (talk | contribs) m (6,879 bytes) (per WP:IG) (undo) (cur) (prev) 16:24, 12 May 2009 Killervogel5 (talk | contribs) m (6,700 bytes) (and that's wrong, per WP:IG, fair use images can NEVER be included in a gallery) (undo) (cur) (prev) 16:03, 12 May 2009 Killervogel5 (talk | contribs) m (6,565 bytes) (image doesn't need to be in a gallery) (undo)

Images are typically interspersed individually throughout an article near the relevant text (see WP:MOSIMAGES). However, the use of galleries (usually by way of the gallery tag or gallery template) may be appropriate in Wikipedia articles where a collection of images can illustrate aspects of a subject that cannot be easily or adequately described by text or individual images. The images in the gallery collectively must have encyclopedic value and add to the reader's understanding of the subject. Images in a gallery should be suitably captioned to explain their relevance both to the article subject and to the theme of the gallery, and the gallery should be appropriately titled (unless the theme of the gallery is clear from the context of the article). Images in a gallery should be carefully selected, avoiding similar or repetitive images, unless a point of contrast or comparison is being made. Just as we seek to ensure that the prose of an article is clear, precise and engaging, galleries should be similarly well-crafted. See 1750-1795 in fashion for an example of a good use of galleries.

If you read this, you'll see the logo is appropriately used. Also, re-editing is still the same principle, it's just edit-warring. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JaMikePA (talk • contribs)

Both of you need to use the discussion page rather than edit war over the use of the secondary logo in a gallery. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 17:24, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

I'm glad we have a resolution, too. I appreciate your work and passion. JaMikePA (talk) 18:30, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

2004 World Series

Are you going to give this anymore feedback?

Website citations and Phillies

I appreciate the heads-up on the difference between Works and Publisher. I had not considered that. Nice work on the Phillies pages! I'm glad there's a few of us working on them.

Phillies radio network

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dablinks

Hey Killer, You mentioned that you could find the dablinks using the toolbox. I've never done that before and can't see an obvious tool to do so, could you tell me how that is done?---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 14:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sergio Escalona

Hello! Your submission of Sergio Escalona at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Shubinator (talk) 17:13, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:

No, it's fine. I already have a layout of what I want to do in my userspace. If you get something done, just let me know. I had no idea someone else wanted to do the MLB awards too.  iMatthew :  Chat  16:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

User:IMatthew/Featured topics#Major League Baseball awards and trophies.  iMatthew :  Chat  16:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello, iMatthew asked me to take a look at List of World Series champions and possibly consider working on it. However, I'm not sure I'm the right user for it. The series has a complex history with the pre-modern championships (my initial thought was to remove them, since MLB doesn't list them as world serieses) and I think someone who has a good grasp of baseball history should work on it. Would you mind helping me out with it? I can do the formatting (it's what I'm best at). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:09, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Whenever you have a chance. Would an option be to move the pre-Modern World Series champions to a seperate list? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Sergio Escalona

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Dravecky (talk) 08:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

FA Nomination; Ryan Braun

Hi. I've nominated Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun to be a Featured Article. Since you may have interest, you may wish to contribute your view as to whether it should be a FA. The discussion of the FA comment process can be found at [2], and the page that you can go in through to leave comments is the article's talk page at [3]. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mickey Morandini

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Jamie^☆S93 14:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

File:Chuck-klein-baseball.jpg

Hey, I removed File:Chuck-klein-baseball.jpg from the Philadelphia records article, and deleted the NFC rationale. Per WP:NFCC#8 and WP:NFCC#3, a non-free image generally can't be used in a list or stat article like that - it would be considered decorative, and not fair use. I'd be happy to discuss it, but I can't imagine it surviving WP:NFR if it gets that far. Cheers. --Mosmof (talk) 18:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I think you're taking "decorative" the wrong way. There are only so many kinds of images that are non-decorative. The main kinds, and ones that qualify as fair use on Wikipedia are:

• Significant images that are, in and of themselves, subject of critical commentary or discussion. This isn't to be confused with images that show important moments or whose subjects are very very important.
• Images that identify the article subject, like the team logo on a team page or a portrait on a biography.
• Images that provide visual descriptions where text fails - say, the Zapruder film or a map.

Considering the article is a list of team records, all images in the article are decorative. It's just that the Klein portrait is a non-free image, while the others have expired copyrights. We don't lose anything of encyclopedic value when the Klein picture is removed - he still shows up in the records, right? Again, please take the time to review WP:NFCC, particularly #3 and #8. --Mosmof (talk) 21:41, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, your displeasure is noted, if not completely understood. If you change your mind, you can always take it to WP:NFR and ask the admins who are well versed on non-free content use. --Mosmof (talk) 00:35, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

List of American football teams in the United Kingdom

Hi KV5. First of all, many thanks for peer-reviewing this article. Apart from getting rid of the TBCs in the BUAFL table, do you feel there's anything else that needs doing before submitting this as a Featured List Candidate? Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 19:04, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Greg Golson

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Royalbroil 08:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

WILD CARD DELETION

dude, i am just trying to help out, and make it easier for wiki users to see baseball standings. i worked hard on it, and if theres a problem since your mister "know it all" why dont you fix it up. you probably dont know a thing about baseball, maybe you do, but you should do the things it needs to be fixed. if your too lazy to do so, then tell me how, and if your to lazy for that, you shouldnt have a wiki account if yyour going to delete stuff. honestly, you should not be living if thats what you do in your fun time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueJaysFan32 (talk • contribs) 00:18, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

if theres no encyclopedic value to the wild card standings, then why bother having division standings?

Union

Your reasoning is "apples and oranges", as those other teams use the article "the" in official correspondence. Yes, Philly Union is an American-style name, but the team doesn't refer to itself at "the Philadelphia Union." Look at philadelphiaunion.com to see what I mean.JaMikePA (talk) 14:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

What I mean by "official correspondence" is the team's official media reporting, such as the team's website and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Union never refers to itself as "the Union."

Another example of "official correspondence" is Ohio State. You and I say "Ohio State", but the school itself mandates that all media sources call it "THE Ohio State University." This is what I mean.JaMikePA (talk) 14:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

The fact remains that the official website doesn't use "the."

Not if third-party sources are inaccurate. Newspapers make mistakes, too. In this case the first-party trumps the the others.

Pretzel history

Why do you always change the addition to the history of the pretzel? It's very hard to evine that they should be of Italian origin. Honestly I've never heard that before - only the name could be Italian or Medieval Latin, and even this point is highly controversial. I gave you the link for the probable German origin, and I would highly recommend to consider that side too. It's not very scientific to defraud proved opinions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.230.102.35 (talk) 18:53, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, we could play this game forever if you want to. As already known, you're obviously deleting every single comment which does not fit into your concept of "this must be and that couldn't be true". So nobody in Europe really knows about an "Italian origin" of the pretzel. Reuters say that the invention took place in 610 A.D. , others in the third century (which could not be correct, but to show the liguistic reasons is senseless here, I think). And what is the source for reuters? a historical book? Which one? Why should your source be "more scientific" than mine? I really have the feeling that you WANT to be the pretzel invented by Italians. And this is NOT the way wikipedia should be exploited. If you don't omitt these misrepresentations, maybe you should read the fundamental intentions of wikipedia. The German interpretation is a legend. But the Italian intrpretation is a legend, too. In fact, you CAN'T prove the history. So, there is only one way to solve our problem: None of both opinions are in wikipedia, or both of them will be. It's your choice. Another point: See http://www.brezel-baecker.de/brezelgeschichte - your very scientific source "reuters" took only one of the many legends that exist, but you declare it to be the absolute truth. That's a very dictatorial prejudice and certainly not an attitude of prudence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.230.86.102 (talk) 14:24, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Cy Young edits

I see that you didn't like my edits to the Cy Young page because they removed the conversion templates from English to metric. But the conversion isn't being done correctly. The distance from the pitching mound to home plate is 60 feet 6 inches. The metric conversion is processing those two numbers separately as if they were two separate distances (yielding the rather strange result of 18m, 152mm). If you know how to make the convert template process "60 feet 6 inches" as one number, then go for it. You could switch to 60.5 feet, but that won't sound right to baseball fans. While my edit didn't use the convert template, it at least produced text that had the correct distance in both English and metric. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.153.42 (talk) 19:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Template:MLBPostseason

This template is not to replace the linescore, but the table of the matchups under the Matchups sections. I only put the template in articles relating to the 2008 Postseason, but I still left the linescores. Also, I included a sample model of what to enter. Team 1 is the road team and Team 2 is the home team.

68.96.162.195 (talk) 23:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)Natedawg519

DYK for List of Gold Glove Award winners at first base

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Royalbroil 23:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Pretzel

It's a press release distributed by Reuters. The source of the press release was "Aunt Annie's Pretzels."[4] Reuters distributes press releases from companies in addition to its own proprietary content. Press releases from for-profit companies are not reliable sources except about themselves. See WP:SELFPUB. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 11:35, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Phillies uniform image

I'm sorry to be so snappy about this but, don't lecture me please. Even if my version of one of the Phillies jerseys is incorrect. Angel Seda (talk) 02:21, 15 June 2009 (UTC)Angel Seda. Ok but when you ask don't act like I've done something wrong please.Angel Seda (talk) 20:30, 15 June 2009 (UTC)Angel Seda.I'm sorry. Angel Seda (talk) 16:41, 18 June 2009 (UTC)Angel Seda

List of World Series champions

Hello, I've kind of forgotten about the list as of late (and I've been working on other projects) and I suppose we should try to get it done. I believe that the modern series table is finished. Despite what others say on the talk page, it is simple and practical and conveys info effectively. All that is left is the lead, the precursor table and some of the history. Like I said, I'm not an expert on baseball history, so could you take care of the latter? I can do the lead and work on the precursor table - do we want to include managers or anything else in that one? Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Season linking

Thanks for the invite to participate in the discussion. I read the talk page and I agree with the nature of and direction of the discussion. It has been my practice to "season-link" - but in good faith, I am happy to follow the general consensus. smel4727