Talk:Johnny Evers/GA1

GA Review
The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.''

Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 18:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

I'll be glad to take this review. Initial comments to follow in the next 1-3 days. Thanks in advance for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow, this might be a record for time from nomination to a review being initiated. I'm just finishing off the references right now, but the text should be ready to review whenever you get around to it. No rush. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:55, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I love reviewing classic baseball stuff--I know it's unsporting of me, but I try not to let anybody else get to it first. =) -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:07, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, my next nomination will be Frank Chance. And I'll get to Joe Tinker after that to complete the set. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:34, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The ultimate GA double-play combination... I like it. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Initial comments
This looks quite strong on first pass--well written, well sourced, and interesting. I still need to do a bit of verification research but it's hard to see what "main aspects" wouldn't be covered by this article. I made some minor edits as I went; please doublecheck that I haven't inadvertently introduced any errors, and feel free to revert any you disagree with.

Fun fact: simply typing "double-play combination" into Google brings up five Tinker-Evers-Chance references on the first page.

Anyway, only two initial suggestions:
 * It seems a shame not to mention the play's famous name, "Merkle's Boner", in the paragraph about it, for clarity if not for amusement. Perhaps a sentence could be added like "The play became popularly known as 'Merkle's Boner'."?
 * As a poem published in 1910, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" is out of copyright, and it isn't very long. What would you think of including it as a block quotation or a sidebar here?

Checklist
Though I've made two suggestions above, neither seems to me necessary for this article reach Good Article status.

Thanks! I'll keep those comments in mind, I believe I could make those changes, not just to Evers but also Tinker and Chance. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:48, 30 March 2013 (UTC)