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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 01:27, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

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5x expanded by Therapyisgood (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC).

  • All is good per GA, also hook, sources and such are GTG. I'd suggest adding to the hook that his date of birth is likewise unknown~to make the hook a bit more longer and interesting. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
  • I like Wehwalt's idea, but Lewis did not play in the Major Leagues. I'd like to suggest this hook to the nominator:
  • ALT2: ... that playing in his only game in professional baseball in 1890, Lewis (first name unknown) gave up 20 earned runs in three innings?
  • ALT3: ... that playing in his only game in professional baseball in 1890, Lewis (first name unknown) gave up 20 earned runs in three innings and finished the game in left field? Yoninah (talk) 22:38, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Anyone is fine by me. Therapyisgood (talk) 03:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks. @Piotrus: could you review the alts please? Yoninah (talk) 09:51, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Actually I prefer Wehwalt's hook rephrased as:
  • ALT4: ..that Lewis (first name unknown) pitched in his only Players' League game in 1890 and gave up 20 runs? Thanks. Therapyisgood (talk) 12:45, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Therapyisgood: OK. But what about 20 earned runs? Yoninah (talk) 13:10, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah: There is some ambiguity in the contemporary sources about whether or not he allowed 20 earned runs as various box scores from the time ([1][2] our file) only list the Brooklyn team as scoring 14 earned runs overall but Baseball Reference ([3]) lists him as allowing 20 earned runs. So "20 runs" is perfect since the omission of "earned" won't imply it's an earned run, and in a way includes the ambiguity in the hook. Therapyisgood (talk) 22:35, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
I don't understand why all the hooks were crossed out? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:40, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Piotrus: sorry, the last alt wasn't numbered. I did that now. Yoninah (talk) 13:47, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
  • I guess the hook is ok,so my prior tick stands, but frankly this reminds me how ridcolously accepting our criteria for sportspeople are... kick (hit?) the ball once and you are encyclopedic. Sigh. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Restoring your tick, Piotrus. I think there are a few rabid sports fans out there who appreciate baseball trivia like this. Yoninah (talk) 10:44, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Should Wikipedia be used for such trivial? We are deleting a lot of fiction fancruft like articles on Cthulthu minor gods and such, just as popular, if not more, triva wise. Anyway, shrugh, this is not a place for this discussion, and I know well that at AfD sport fans would pile to keep this. I don't even mind Wikipedia having trivia articles, if it only was consistent across topics - if we are ok with this, we should be ok with Cthulthu trivia or havign an article on any academic who published a single paper, etc. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:12, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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