Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Mike Capel

Mike Capel

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 12:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)



Mike Capel is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and Houston Astros. In 49 career games, Capel pitched 62.1 innings and had a career win–loss record of 3–4 with a 4.62 earned run average. A starting pitcher in college and parts of his minor league baseball career, he converted to relief pitching while in Chicago's minor league system. The Philadelphia Phillies chose Capel in the 24th round of the 1980 MLB Draft, but Capel did not sign with the team: instead, he opted to attend the University of Texas. In 1983, Capel and the Texas Longhorns won the College World Series. Drafted by the Cubs, Capel left Texas and signed to play professional baseball; he played in six seasons of minor league baseball before he made his MLB debut on May 7, 1988. The Cubs released Capel at the end of the 1989 season. He agreed to terms with the Brewers and played in MLB after an injury opened a spot on Milwaukee's roster, but was again released at the end of the season. A free agent, the Astros signed Capel, and over the course of the season he pitched in 25 games for the team. After retirement, Capel worked as the general manager of a car dealership in Houston, Texas.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Babe Ruth, July 11, 2014; Art Houtteman, May 4, 2014
 * Main editors: Seattle
 * Promoted: 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: First FA to appear at TFA. Date revelance: Capel's MLB debut.
 * Support as nominator. Seattle (talk) 14:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Premature nom. You should put this suggestion at Today's featured article/requests/pending and then wait until next April. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:07, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I wasn't aware of that rule. Can this page just be removed from the requests section and "stored" until April? Seattle (talk) 15:58, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, just above the summary chart is the statement "Currently accepting requests from August 18 to September 17." I'd put this in user space until April. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing for now; the article is now on WP:TFARP and we can deal with this next year. Keeping untranscluded nominations open risks confusion. BencherliteTalk 12:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)