User talk:PSzalapski/Archive

Batting out of order
Thanks for that article. I am just wondering about one thing though: If two batters basically switch their position in the order and the defense fails to call out the first one prior to the first pitch, but then realizes that the second batter is out of order, wouldn't it make more sense to wait until he completes his at-bat before calling the Umps attention to it? As I understand your examples, the out is recorded and his at-bat is nullified no matter what. If they call it during the at bat, the batter in order gets a chance to produce? What if the ump is notified of the first batter being out of order during the at bat, is the real batter allowed to complete the at-bat? Thanks! [[User:Yardcock|Yardcock | talk]] 20:37, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Please respond on the article's talk page.
 * Thanks for your answers! [[User:Yardcock|Yardcock | talk]] 15:03, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)

Baseball rules
Hey, I noticed that you added several articles to Category:Baseball rules, including many that were already in Category:Baseball. I'll point this out to you first, from Categorization: "An article should not be in both a category and its subcategory" I'll let you figure out which one some of them should be in, but I'm a little skeptic about including bunt in this category, any reason for it? &mdash;siro &chi; o
 * Hmmm, may have been my mistake...Anything that it is in "Baseball rules" should not be explicitly in "Baseball" as well...  I agree with you on bunt.

Base hit
According to the scoring rules, reaching on catcher's interference or because of obstruction do not result in the crediting of base hits. Catcher's interference counts as no time at bat and no hit for the batter, and an error on the catcher. Obstruction that allows the batter to reach first base is also no time at bat and no hit, and it's an error against the fielder who obstructs.

You are correct that a hit is credited when a batter reaches first and another runner is hit by the batted ball, putting that runner out for interference.

I'm looking to delete reference to catcher's inteference and obstruction. CharlieZeb 01:41, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * You're right...us umpires don't often crack open rule 10! Thanks for the correction.  --Locarno 13:54, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

expos/nationals debate
There is a major debate going on, and I wondered if you might want to chime in. The debate involves how to deal with franchise moves in baseball. The question is whether Montréal Expos should be its own article or if it should redirect to Washington Nationals. All other instances of franchise moves in MLB redirect the old team name to the new team name, and the history of the franchise is covered within the new team name (for MLB, NBA and NFL examples, see here. Some people are confused and think the Expos and the Nats are different teams. Some people don't want to upset Canadian readers.

Indeed, the Washington Nationals are not a new team - the Montreal Expos franchise has moved to Washington, and the old franchise name should redirect to the new franchise name, just like the 20+ instances of this occuring in Wikipedia. For example, Brooklyn Dodger history resides in the Los Angeles Dodgers article. New York Giants history, including the Shot Heard 'Round the World, resides in the San Francisco Giants article.

If you have the time, maybe you could chime in on the conversation there, Votes for deletion/Montréal Expos. Kingturtle 21:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --Locarno 18:18, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Randy Johnson
Maybe not "the pitcher", but he and his cohorts successfully "pitched" the new ballpark, don'cha think? :) Wahkeenah 00:27, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * maybe so. I knew the new ballpark would get built eventually--now it looks like it is 90% a done deal. --Locarno 14:00, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Guess not... --24.118.159.17 04:47, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Baseball on Wikicities
Hello PSzalapski, Googie Man here and I want to ask you something as a fellow baseball fan on Wikipedian. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done great work on Wikipedia and I was hoping you could help get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks!  Googie Man ( Talk), 15:31, 5 January 2006 (UTC).

More about baseball on Wikicities
Hello again PSzalapaski, thanks for your response and your questions. First off, we definitely plan to import some Wikipedia data on to Wikicities. Apparently there is no easy and quick way to do this, but it will nonetheless be done. Now, as for the differences for baseball fans between Wikicities and Wikipedia. Wikipedia of course is a great resource for creating content and learning about baseball, but it does have ultimately encyclopedia standards. This means only the facts, no speculation, no opinion. My hope is that Wikicities will allow baseball fans an area to write their thoughts on who are the better teams and players, compare and contrast statistics, or report on games and news. Personally I like to take pictures at games, and I think it would be great if baseball fans have a place to show off their photography. These are just my ideas off the top of my head. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Or even better, implement them on Wikicities! Thanks again PSzalapaski, and be sure to keep in touch. Googie Man ( Talk) 6 January 2006 (UTC)'''

MLB Transactions
Hi PS! I left a note on the Major League Baseball transactions talk page that you may want to look at, given that you're the author of what I'm questioning. --DNL 15:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Babe Ruth
I'm posting this message on you Talk Page either because you've contributed to the article Babe Ruth, or because you've edited other baseball or sports related articles. I've recently completed a revision of this article at Babe Ruth/rewrite. If you have the time, I'd appreciated it if you'd compare the articles and leave any feedback you might have on the rewrite discussion page. I'd like to reach a consensus before makeing major changes to the main article. Thanks for your help. --djrobgordon 20:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

If you have any interest in Template:MLB
please join the current discussion at Template talk:MLB. As a member of WikiProject Baseball your opinion is particularly valued. Thanks. 66.167.139.143 08:33, 4 May 2006 (UTC).