Discussion UsefulNotes / Baseball

The unwritten rule for home runs and walks is not to run full-tilt, not to walk, but to jog at a fairly brisk pace (which is *not* the same as running). The only baseball player known for running hard to first base on walks was Pete Rose — and this was considered sufficiently unusual that he got the nickname "Charlie Hustle" because of it.

I'm about to start work on moving the "Current People in MLB" and "Historical People in MLB" folders to their own subpages, as it will 1) reduce page size and 2) allow us to have those people organized by role. (I'm leaning towards the divisions of "Infielders", "Outfielders". "Catchers", "Pitchers", "Announcers", and "Owners and Managers".)

Any thoughts, objections, other concerns?

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So, given the size of the page, I'm thinking that we may want to help improve the organization by adding folders:

Suggestions: -Add a new "Notorious Figures" folder akin to the one on the National Football League page. - Divide some of the more larger folders, into smaller ones. I.E. current players into position. I.E. Outfield, Infield, Pitchers, Manager/Coaches, General Managers/Owners.)

Opinions?

Shouldn't we at least mention each teams home stadium? I mean, sure there's mention of Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Marlins Park and AT&T Park, but what about Yankees Stadium, Dodgers Stadium, Chase Field, Nationals Park and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington? I think it would be useful to note each team's stadiums.

Edited by MagcargoMan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yAjWvAqyM

I'm aware that it has been renamed, but that's what redirects are for (that is, not just stopgapping while names are changed but also so that the old name can be left in where needed.). Ain't No Rule fits with 'isn't a rule' better than Loophole Abuse does, so what does it matter when they go the same place?

Oh, and when you're changing a single thing in a 14 line entry, could you please say what it is you're changing as long as your making the edit explanation?

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I'm probably one of the people responsible for this problem, but: shouldn't "Useful Notes" be more, well, useful? To people that aren't that familiar with baseball, particularly outside the United States, the most useful information would be a description of the basic rules and format of a baseball game; something that the article specifically directs one elsewhere to find. We probably need a little more of that and a little less of this rambling mess full of random factoids about all 30 MLB teams, most of which, let's face it, aren't really that noteworthy. Most team histories boil down to "They came into the league on this date, they were good during this time period, they had this one good player." Maybe the page needs to be rewritten to be shorter, more useful, and cut the MLB trivia down to the things that have made it into general knowledge (Babe Ruth, Joe Di Maggio, the Cubs, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, etc.).