Talk:Raúl Ibañez

Picture
The grass on the left side of his picture is much whiter than on the right side. Can we get a better picture?--Aquagreen (talk) 22:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thats just how the mowing of the field is done, since there are alternating types of grass.  Meis funny  Gab 17:51, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

2008 career stats
Someone needs to update Raul's stats and "2008 career": grandslams, hits, RBIs, etc. The last thing said is about 2007 and Vidro replacing him as DH. Also, he was recently nominated for the Clemente Award. :o) Show some love!!  ;-P 66.218.203.130 (talk) 21:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Major League Debut Q
I'm confused w/ some information on his site: A)"...his major league first game in 1996."  and B) Major League Baseball debut: June 24, 1998 for the Seattle Mariners."

Sooooo which is it? 1996 or 1998? Could someone verify and correct if need be? 66.218.203.130 (talk) 21:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Signing
Here is a source saying it's official: http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/transactions and according to WP:VERIFY it's good enough a source to put in the article.--  Iamawesome  800  21:39, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * CBS Sportsline regularly jumps the gun with announcing transactions and is unreliable. If the signing was official, there would be easy to find articles stating so (and not just 'reported agreements').JustSomeRandomGuy32 (talk) 21:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Then why haven't they reported the CC Sabathia agreement?--  Iamawesome  800  21:54, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * CC has been listed as a Thurs Dec 11 signing.... even though all other sources state that the deal is still pending. --Madchester (talk) 22:01, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

The citation referenced states "nothing is finalized." I have put a hard protection on this article because of the persistence there is to add this information before it is official. Kingturtle (talk) 05:53, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Removing unsourced info
The at-bat song has no source; I was going to remove it yesterday but didn't get a chance at work and then all this craziness with the signing blew up. Any chance someone could take care of this for me? KV5 •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  14:55, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * ❌ Please make the request more specific, and only after consensus exists for it.  Sandstein   17:47, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This doesn't have anything to do with the signing, which is the reason behind this page protection; it's simply an unsourced piece of information that doesn't belong in the article because there is no verifiability. What I would like removed is the line "Ibáñez's at-bat music is "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon." That's it; it's not contentious or violating any policies (though it may be violating policies by keeping it in there). With the possibility existing that Ibanez may change teams, the song could change anyway, and it violates WP:TRIVIA. The likelihood of other users coming to discuss is minimal, which is why I asked for it. KV5  •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  17:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

diacriticals
I don't think I've ever seen his name written with the diacriticals, especially the ones over the u and a. I'd suggest a move to Raul Ibanez unless someone can show some sources that use the Spanish spelling. john k (talk) 21:34, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, the ñ definitely stays because it's even on his uniform. Yahoo! Sports uses Raúl Ibañez, without the accented A. Sam Walker also uses this spelling in a published work. I think the A's accent is extraneous because I believe that the accented goes on the penultimate syllable by default (which is why the u is accented in the first name), and I don't see any sources with the accented A, so I wouldn't see any reason not to dispose of that, UNLESS there are Spanish-language sources that use it. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  21:46, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The version you suggest would be fine with me - I almost suggested keeping the tilda, but wasn't sure. I'm pretty sure I've never seen the accent on the "a".  Why, though, do you think Spanish language sources should get precedence?  Ibanez is American, and speaks English without an accent.  And wikipedia is always about English language sources in general. john k (talk) 22:13, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't say that they should take precedent, but because his name is of Hispanic origin, the accents reflect the correct pronunciation in the native language, and so they should be considered. Either way, I haven't found the accented a anywhere, so I'll make the move accordingly. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  03:07, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Game of October 10, 2012
The paragraph on Ibanez's semi-Mr. October performance in last night's game started off as a single sentence, then other people (including me) added a little, at which point I thought it was fine. But now it has expanded even more, to the point where the large majority of the section on Ibanez's time with the Yankees is about two at-bats in one game. Important at-bats to be sure, but it is probably time to stop expanding it. Maybe after the dust has settled and we see what other heroics he may perform in this postseason, some of this could even be cut down, such as the "records" in the final sentence. Oldest player ever to hit a postseason walk-off home run? We don't necessarily need to limit ourselves to "official records", but there has to be a line somewhere, and I think that is over the line. And stating the score after each home run seems a little excessive as well; after my edit it just said the first one tied the game and the second one won it, which seemed like enough. Neutron (talk) 18:51, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Some of those "records" seem a little WP:CRUFT-y. Though perhaps adding detail on his season (starting with how he looked cooked in spring training) would help the balance. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * On the spring training comment, sure, if there is a source for that. As for the season as a whole, I am going to add a couple of statistics.  As for the "records" from last night, I don't feel strongly either way about whether they need to be removed immediately.   Neutron (talk) 19:29, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, I think we've probably covered it. :)  Neutron (talk) 19:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I want to see if there were calls for his release during spring training that are worthy of being mentioned, or at least the comments on how his bat speed seemed to have vanished. Otherwise, I'm okay with it as is. Raul earned his pinstripes last night. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:43, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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