Talk:Billy Bates (baseball)

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With an article on a subject where there's frankly not much to say, it's really important to work everything out of the potential sources that you can. I think this is looking better. I'd recommend making another run to make sure you've gotten everything out of the sources. The college career is the part that looks the thinnest (mainly 1984), but tbh I'm not finding a terribly large amount of coverage for it. Hog Farm Talk 03:40, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Therapyisgood (talk) 23:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * - some details from this. That he went 3-for-34 before being sent down with the Brewers.  That he hit .280 with Nashville in '90. That he made 8 regular season appearances with the Reds.  There's also a nice quote by Bates about his baseball career in the article that could be included
 * Added his batting average with the Sounds in 1990. Therapyisgood (talk) 14:46, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added his regular-season appearances. Therapyisgood (talk) 15:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't put the quote in without sandwiching the text as a quotebox. Therapyisgood (talk) 15:07, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I see in the article where it says Bates went 3 for 34 before being sent down with the Brewers, but Baseball-Reference has him going 3 for 29 with the Brewers. I checked the game logs, and all appear with the Brewers continuously. I believe the author just looked at the overall line on Baseball Reference, which is 3 for 34, but that includes Cincinnati statistics as well. I already mention he batted .103 over 29 at bats so I think I'm covered. Therapyisgood (talk) 15:30, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This has him in an all-decade team for the CWS
 * Added. Therapyisgood (talk) 23:25, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This NYT piece has an interesting bit about him hitting a key double after switching from batting left handed to right handed for an at bat in a game against Arizona on the way to the CWS (I was able to sneak around the paywall. If you can't, ask at WP:RSX and somebody can probably add it to the article for you.
 * I have added this in, albeit from a different source. Therapyisgood (talk) 23:06, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * He had 36 steals in 1984
 * Added. Therapyisgood (talk) 23:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)