Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lefty/righty switch

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no consensus. The split was between keep and merge. Note that this does not preclude anyone from being bold and merging it themselves. &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 20:54, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Lefty/righty switch
That's some real deep strategy. Is this significant enough in baseball for an article?
 * Weak delete. Gazpacho 03:09, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, fairly significant concept in baseball strategy. Also, I'm not sure where this could be merged--if someone gives a good merge target, I could easily change my mind. Meelar (talk) 03:36, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I may work on this some today if I get a chance. Obviously needs some work, but it is a real, and extremely frequently used, part of baseball strategy. Lord Bob 03:43, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright, I expanded the article into something I think works. I'm a little tired (and very hungry) right now, so my style probably isn't the greatest, but I think I got the core concept down into a very keepable article. Lord Bob 04:09, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Addition to my vote: rename to something useful like lefty-righty switch as suggested above. Lord Bob 17:33, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge, should be merged with a baseball strategy article if/when there's a good one. But the concept is a big deal to those who follow baseball.  Coll7 03:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - a merge wouldn't be useful if someone wanted to link to this particular concept. Which is notable enough. Sam Vimes 07:25, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Pinch hitter. Note this only applies to the switch of batters rather than disadvantaged pitchers but the strategy is much more common in the former sense. Marskell 08:16, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as a notable strategy ... but surely someone can come up with a better title? 23skidoo 15:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Merge contents into Baseball in the #Strategies section, then redirect. If no one does that, then delete.  The fact is that this title is unsearchable.  The strategy should be discussed (esp. since I wonder if it's even statistically valid to do that switch all the time), but where it can be read. Geogre 15:37, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: Significant and important...207.158.1.209 15:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Pinch hitter or Baseball as appropriate. --Isotope23 16:52, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge per the above. I agree no-one would look for this independently and certainly not under this title; the info as it stands is thus orphaned.  Dottore So 17:11, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Pinch hitter I think. If kept, this should be moved to a better title; slashes in titles should only be used when absolutely necessary. Perhaps a hypehn or just a space. -Splash 17:30, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and list as a "see also" in applicable articles. --Scimitar parley 17:37, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Baseball. Valid, and significant in context of the sport, but too finely grained and lacking general significance.  Barno 18:57, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but rename to lefty-righty switch (this would also be consistent with the text in the article). Mindmatrix 20:28, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable, important, and long enough to warrant its own article. Andrew pmk | Talk 23:28, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but rename to lefty-righty switch: significant baseball strategy. --JahJah 06:32, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.