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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Giants2008 03:24, 19 March 2011 [1].

List of Oakland Athletics first-round draft picks edit

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Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 19:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidental good timing with the Athletics' manager list below! So close to finishing this topic. One question for the reviewers: How much (if at all) should I add a mention of Moneyball to this article? Staxringold talkcontribs 19:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Courcelles 03:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*Comment: "21 players came" Don't start a sentence with a numeral. Only thing I saw. Courcelles 02:49, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support As should not be surprising, with 29 of 31 lists written, the formula is pretty well down. Courcelles 03:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Wizardman Operation Big Bear 23:22, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments:
    • "Jackson also won a Most Valuable Player award in 1973 and Barry Zito (1999) won a Cy Young Award in 2002, their only picks to win these awards" Should say the A's only picks since it's not clear who "their" belongs to.
    • "The first such player not signed was Pete Broberg in 1968. The A's also failed to sign both of their draft picks in 1979, Juan Bustabad and Mike Stenhouse." I'd note that the A's didn't receive any compensatory picks for the three not signing, since that's an uncommon occurrence and that happened three times.
    • The 68 picks is the highest for any team. I'd say to add it into the lead but that would need a dynamic updating cite that probably doesn't exist.

Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

      • Yeah, I've looked, but don't know any way to cite that without 30 citations to each team's B-Ref draft page. Staxringold talkcontribs 18:31, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • No reason for the A's to be in bold.
  • "School (Location)" - location doesn't need to be capitalised.
  • "performance enhancing" is generally hyphenated.
  • "McGwire was suspected of steroid use (McGwire later admitted his use in 2010)" just "(he later admitted...)" would be good to avoid repeating McGwire a few too many times.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support all my minor issues dealt with with alacrity, most appreciated. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Comma would be nice after "They also drafted Ariel Prieto in 1995".
  • "Two Athletics' first-round picks have won championships with the franchise." Nope. That number is at least three. Walt Weiss was on the A's 1989 team, and his Baseball-Reference page clearly indicates that he played in the World Series against the Giants. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 01:20, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed! Good catch, I swear I scan through every pick-page for players drafted before a given WS win for a franchise, I must've missed him. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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