Talk:Ed Sweeney (baseball)

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A fact from Ed Sweeney (baseball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Russ Ford developed the emery ball pitch and taught it to Ed Sweeney and Earle Gardner, who taught it to Cy Falkenberg, before it was outlawed by Major League Baseball when Ray Keating was caught using it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emery ball, Russ Ford, Cy Falkenberg, Ed Sweeney, Earle Gardner, Ray Keating.

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Why the source citing tab? Isn't baseball statistics pretty self-explanatory as for as sources go? Pfft. TrafficBenBoy 04:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]