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A news item involving Joe Beckwith was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 23 May 2021.

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A fact from Joe Beckwith appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite ducking and avoiding being hit in the head by a baseball, Joe Beckwith suffered double vision that required two surgeries to correct?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Beckwith.

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World series

How many players have won the World series twice with two different teams? Editrite! (talk) 22:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He missed all of 1981 with the Dodgers, so technically only played on one.—Bagumba (talk) 05:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 07:47, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Joe Beckwith in 1979

... that Joe Beckwith (pictured) was one of only two relief pitchers used by the Kansas City Royals to win the 1985 World Series? Source: MLB.com
- ALT1:... that Joe Beckwith (pictured) worked in the concrete industry after his Major League Baseball career? Source: MLB.com; Dothan Eagle

Reviewed: Judith R. Cohen
Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk) and Bagumba (talk). Nominated by Bloom6132 (talk) at 06:16, 23 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Adding alternative hook:
ALT2:... that despite ducking and avoiding being hit in the head by a baseball, Joe Beckwith (pictured) suffered double vision that required two surgeries? Source: "Jack Perconte lined one of Beckwith's pitches directly back at him 'I just ducked real fast,' Beckwith says. 'It was instinctive.' The ball whizzed past his head. He had escaped a serious injury or so he thought ... Beckwith says 'I didn't have the double vision right away I was throwing the ball wild ...' ... The second surgery was performed on Sept. 28."Florida Today

—Bagumba (talk) 06:47, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article appeared on "In the news" on May 23, 2021. Cstickel(byu) (talk) 19:15, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cstickel(byu): I already addressed that in my comment above: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link. —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:56, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bloom6132: You're right. Sorry about that. Cstickel(byu) (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a new review. —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:56, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article's been expanded enough, and it's neutrally written and well-sourced. Image is good to go. Newspapers.com reference accepted IGF. No copyvio detected. I think ALT2 is the best hook. Cstickel(byu) (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]