Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume 02 issue 09

 The Inside Corner

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Around the horn

 * Clayton Kershaw was awarded with both the National League Cy Young Award and National League Most Valuable Player Award. He was the first player to win both awards in the same season since Bob Gibson in 1968.


 * Mike Trout was the unanimous selection as American League Most Valuable Player. He was the fifth youngest winner of the award and the first AL player to be unanimously selected since Ken Griffey, Jr. in 1997.


 * The Samsung Lions beat the Nexen Heroes in six games to win the 2014 Korean Series.


 * The 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series was held November 10-20, 2014 with Samurai Japan taking three of the five games from the MLB All-Stars.


 * The Miami Marlins signed Giancarlo Stanton to a record-setting 13-year, $325 million contract.

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Featured image


Photo taken at the 1937 All-Star game of seven future hall-of-famers: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. Part of the Library of Congress Harris &amp; Ewing collection, it was originally uploaded by, and restored by and. The photo was promoted to Featured Picture status in November 2009.

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Project news
Since the last issue, the threads at WikiProject Baseball's discussion page have included the following:
 * Should "major league" be capitalized? There is a historical ambiguity, as the term predates the official Major League Baseball organization, and the transition was gradual. The general consensus was that "Major League Baseball" should be capitalized, but "major league" by itself should not.
 * The topic of including career statistics arose again, this time regarding managerial records. The discussion is still ongoing.
 * Another ongoing discussion is on the use of "Starting pitcher" and "Relief pitcher" as the player's position in the infobox, as opposed to simply "Pitcher".
 * The layout of a player's article is also currently being discussed, regarding the order of post-baseball events versus legacy information.

The following articles were promoted:
 * Today's Featured Article: Doc Adams (November 1; User:Giants2008)
 * Good articles: Josh Beckett (User:Spanneraol)

Thanks to everyone for their work on baseball-related articles!

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Showcase
The official record of events for a Major League Baseball game is written down by the official scorer. The scorer is hired by MLB to record the outcome of each batter-pitcher confrontation, and determine the occurrence of errors, unearned runs, wild pitches, passed balls, and other events requiring judgment. The article attained Good Article status in December 2010, after being updated by. The article has only one significant update since then; perhaps you'd like to give it that extra polish to make it a featured article?

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Editor spotlight
For this issue, we interviewed, whose three year anniversary as a project member is fast approaching. He has amassed over 17,000 edits, which include contributions to 12 good articles. In his words, he focuses solely on articles because of a desire to "stay away from anything resembling controversy or stress here." We here at The Inside Corner say thank you to Eric for all his fine, non-stressful contributions.
 * What is your favorite part of contributing to Wikipedia, and specifically WikiProject Baseball?
 * On Wikipedia, we have a seemingly endless number of things to read and edit, which is a great thing for an avid reader like me. Even within WikiProject Baseball, there are thousands of articles, most of which can still be improved or expanded.


 * What is the best article or list on which you have worked?
 * I was proud of my work to expand Arthur Irwin and Danny Shay, two interesting baseball figures who had only short entries initially.


 * After nearly three years and 17,000 edits, what makes you keep coming back?
 * I think it goes back to the great stories that I get to read and expand. Baseball players are such an interesting bunch. Shay and Irwin are great examples. Irwin was an innovator across multiple sports and Shay was in baseball for a long time as well, but the off-the-field stories behind both guys are far more intriguing.


 * How could editors at WikiProject Baseball help or support you in your article work?
 * We do a great job with an informal and fun WikiProject. I think that expanding the entries of Baseball Hall of Fame inductees should remain a priority for us. I've been slowly working toward getting all of those entries at least to C-class.

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The Inside Corner&thinsp;: December 16, 2014
What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter: Read the newsletter · subscribe
 * Project news: "major league", career stats in articles, pitcher position in infobox, player article layout
 * Around the horn: Cy Young, MVP, Korean series, MLB Japan All-Star series, Stanton signs record-breaking contract
 * Showcase: Official scorer
 * Featured image: 1937 All-Stars
 * Editor spotlight: EricEnfermero