Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 November 20

= November 20 =

Birthplace of Selena Quintanilla's parents?
I know that the dead Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, but Selena's mother is half Cherokee and half Mexican and her father is a Mexican American, but other sources say he's Mexican. Where were her parents born? Haven't seen any information about that yet for some reason. Willminator (talk) 00:48, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Our article on her father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. says he was born in Corpus Christi. Rmhermen (talk) 01:27, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that answers one part of my question. Now, what about Selena's mother? Where was she born? I still can't find any information on that. Willminator (talk) 02:51, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S: I saw an answer on Wiki.answers that says that Marcella Quintanilla was born in Wapato, Washington, but I haven't seen any reputable source or any other source outside of Wiki.answers that answers where she was born exactly. Where was she born and where can I find this information? Willminator (talk) 17:17, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * If she was born in or before 1940, she would be in the 1940 US Census, although I don't know if that is indexed or not. RNealK (talk) 03:44, 21 November 2013 (UTC)


 * You could phone the Selena museum (361-289-9013). The best email address I could find is for media/public relations for the company that runs it: qpr@q-productions.com. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:42, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, guess what? I just phoned the Selena museum like you suggested. A guy picked up the phone and then I asked him my question. He said that Selena's mother, Marcella, was born in the U.S, but he doesn't remember where in the U.S, which I thought it was kind of odd that he didn't know where in the U.S. Anyway, half of that part of the second part of the question has been answered, or in total three quarters of my question has been answered. Now that it has been confirmed to me that she was born in the U.S, I'd like to know where in the U.S Selena's mother was born. Willminator (talk) 17:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S: As you also suggested, I just wrote an email to the email address you sent me. Let's see if I get a response. I will let you know what the response says when I get one. Hopefully, the response would be a better one. Willminator (talk) 17:47, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have not received a reply back from q-productions yet, but I did find out that Marcella's | father originated from Amarillo, while her mother was from Colorado, which makes her have more American heritage than I thought. Question almost completely answered.... Willminator (talk) 18:59, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Rolaids Relief Man Award
Can anyone find out what happened to the Rolaids Relief Man Award, given annually to the best relief pitchers in the National League and American League ? The award's web site has gone dead, no announcement about winners was made this year, but I can't find anything that states the award has been discontinued. I suspect there may be something about the sponsorship from Rolaids running out, but again, I can't find any source to confirm this, or any indication that a replacement award has been created. The award has been given out since 1976 and is quite prestigious, so I'm baffled that it seems to have disappeared without a trace or any public comment. --Xuxl (talk) 09:45, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * It doesn't surprise me. If the makers of Rolaids decided they could get more bang for the buck with some other form of advertisement or sponsorship, they would want to avoid the negative press associated with withdrawing their sponsorship here, by ending it silently.  For comparison, you see all sorts of announcements that new TV shows are arriving, but when is the last time you saw an announcement that one has been canceled ?  StuRat (talk) 11:07, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * They use codes these days, Stu. A new show gets a big hypatious build-up for a few weeks (or months in some cases).  But if, 3 weeks in, they announce the "season finale" will be next week, and be sure not to miss it, when they never said up front it was only ever going to be a 4-week season, you know there ain't gonna be no 2nd "season".  Or when a new show is suddenly moved to a "special time", and maybe more than one such move, before the almost inevitable unexpected "season finale", that's code for "it's really not doing very well and we're seeing if more than few dozen people will watch it if we try a different time slot, before giving up entirely".  Then, if you watch their nightly consumer watch program masquerading as a current affairs program, they'll be coming down hard on companies that engage in false and misleading and tricky advertising and other underhand and dishonest business practices.  What a joke.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  17:38, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * It almost makes you feel like you need a Rolaid, doesn't it? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:36, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * A key question would be what date the award was announced in past years. I've been unable to locate that info. But one thing Xuxl could do is post an email from the Rolaids website and ask when this year's winner will be announced, or some other equally good leading question. If you get no answer, that might be the answer. It's worth pointing out that MLB has been issuing some kind of award for several years now. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:40, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Exploring the mlb. com site, I see they list the award winners from 1976-2006 without mentioning the sponsor, but omit the last few seasons. The mlb site also has the DHL Delivery Man Award, sponsored by DHL, but that's for one reliever per league, as voted on by fans. The Sporting News also had its own award (running from 1960 to 2010, see The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award), but that also seems to have been discontinued. So it seems that there is no award for the best reliever in each league anymore. Unfortunately, I don't think this is enough to update the Rolaids Relief Man Award article, given the lack of a reliable source. --Xuxl (talk) 13:40, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The MLB site has had a lone reliever of the year dating from 2006 to 2012. I saw some chatter about renaming the award for Mariano Rivera, but if they've discontinued these kinds of awards then it becomes moot. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:29, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Baseball-Reference.com has awards listed up to 2012 and says that the award seems to have been discontinued at that point. Matt Deres (talk) 00:29, 24 November 2013 (UTC)