Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume 03 issue 01

 The Inside Corner

What's new with WikiProject Baseball: Volume, issue – January 25, 2015 Subscribe · archives · newsletter desk



Around the horn
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 * The 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting took place on January 6. Four players were inducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America for the first time since 1955—Randy Johnson (named on 97.3% of the ballots), Pedro Martínez (91.1%), John Smoltz (82.9%), and Craig Biggio (82.7%).
 * Max Scherzer signed a $210 million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals. In his five seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Scherzer posted an 82–35 win-loss record, including a 21–3 record in 2013 when he won the American League's Cy Young Award. The contract is the second-largest for a pitcher, after Clayton Kershaw's $215 million, seven-year deal. The previous highest contract for a right-handed pitcher was the $180 million, seven-year deal signed by Scherzer's ex-Tiger teammate, Justin Verlander.

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Project news
As might be expected, WikiProject Baseball's discussion page has been fairly quiet. There were discussions on hidden text within a player's infobox, the availability of baseball books via the Wikipedia Library, and the conflicting accounts of the distance from home plate of Mays's famous catch. Surprisingly, there hasn't been any Hall of Fame chatter.

The following articles were promoted:
 * Today's Featured Article: Stan Musial, January 19
 * Good articles: Sig Mejdal (User:CorporateM), Jimmy Rollins (User:Go Phightins!), History of the New York Yankees (User:Giants2008)

Thanks to everyone for their participation!

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Showcase
Pedro Martínez played during 18 seasons in Major League Baseball, blossoming into the game's dominant pitcher while playing for the Montreal Expos and the Boston Red Sox. A three-time Cy Young Award recipient, Martínez helped the Red Sox win their first World Series title in 86 years. He was selected for entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, his first year of eligibility.

Martínez's article is currently rated at B-class; it has lots of details but could use some re-organization and tidying up. Will you take up the challenge of improving any of the articles for this year's inductees, none of which are above B-class? Let's get them in top form before their Cooperstown plaques are unveiled!

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Calling for contributors
The Inside Corner needs your help! With Go Phightins! taking on editor duties at the Signpost, more regular contributors are needed to take his place. Are you interested in conducting interviews with valued members of the project? Perhaps you could write a monthly summary of project news? Or do you have some pet project you'd like to promote, or a personal remembrance you'd like to share? As always, we need people to write blurbs for article and photos to showcase. We welcome your input: put the newsletter desk on your watchlist and join in on the discussion page!

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The Inside Corner&thinsp;: January 25, 2015
What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter: Read the newsletter · subscribe
 * Project news: hidden infobox text, free e-book access, distance of Mays's catch
 * Around the horn: Hall of Fame inductees, record contract
 * Showcase: Pedro Martínez
 * Opinion: calling for contributors