Talk:Louis Van Zelst

A fact from Louis Van Zelst appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack once sent hunchbacked batboy Louis Van Zelst out to coach first base, but the umpires made Mack recall him to the dugout?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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Notability?

Does this person really meet Wikipedia's standards for notability? He was a batboy for a team almost 100 years ago. There are many people who have much more prominence and accomplishments who are rejected from Wikipedia every day. I'm mystified that there is an entry for this young man. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 17:53, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What he did doesn't make him notable or not notable, it's the sources that matter. Most Envied Boy in the Country, The Atlanta Constitution. There are many other sources besides that that discuss him in detail. – Muboshgu (talk) 12:14, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]