Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Baseball/archive1

Baseball
Partial self-nom. This article has been nominated three times before (Apr 2004, May 2004, Sep 2004), and we have addressed all the concerns from all those objections, as well as all the concerns on its talk page. Many others supported it, so I'm hoping it will make it through this time. I think it is excellent, and we got the advice of a non-baseball guy (Nichalp) to make it clearer to those who don't know the game. Plus, it would be good to get this featured soon if possible, due to the relevance, with the World Series starting this Saturday, Oct 23. --Locarno 14:38, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. You addressed my concerns as well.  Now, can you go back in time and fix it so that the Yankees are in the World Series this year? :) Zerbey 15:35, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support --- though I had no idea there existed such a creature as a Yankee fan. Smerdis of Tlön 15:50, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - even a British cricket person can understand it ;) Thanks, Nichalp et al. -- ALoan (Talk) 16:04, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support -- Timely? I don't understand.  The season ended when the Braves lost.  Good article on a significant thing. Geogre 16:33, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support -- ObDeclaration. I started this article, a very very long time ago indeed. .. (How long?  Clue: it was called BaseBall then, for CamelCase reasons) -- GWO
 * Support. caveat: I've done work on the article as well. - jredmond 16:55, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. But would like some more pics in equipment section. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 18:20, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Added a mitt pic in the equip section. jengod 22:12, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. jengod 22:12, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support, just note that I've done work on this page as well &mdash; siro  &chi;  o  23:58, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. It's wonderfully comprehensive and well written.Dr Zen 03:09, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. I never understood the game before reading this. Filiocht 10:16, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Great article. Mpolo 12:41, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Would support if I had not worked so much on that article. Has evolved nicely. Might be a good idea to fast-track it as a featured article to get it ready for the "World" Series. Kosebamse 11:32, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * In light of the MASSIVE CHOKE by the Cardinal offense and starting rotation (grumble grumble), the fast-track suggestion is, alas, moot. Maybe instead we could have it ready for MLB Opening Day 2005? - jredmond 18:36, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Minor point: the diamond-image should have metric units listed as well. This is not a big problem as they are mentioned in the text. Jeronimo 13:40, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Just a remark; it was near impossible making it readible with any units at all. I only put in standard because I figured, like you said, the metric were in the article, and baseball distances are always measured in standard units, I believe. (:  &mdash; siro  &chi;  o