Talk:Milt Wilcox

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A fact from Milt Wilcox appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Milt Wilcox, winning pitcher of Game 3 of the 1984 World Series, credited "throwing bowling balls" with rescuing his Major League Baseball career?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Milt Wilcox.

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 01:22, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Milt Wilcox, winner pitcher of Game 3 of the 1984 World Series, credited "throwing bowling balls" with rescuing his Major League Baseball career? Source: Here: Wilcox credited "throwing bowling balls with rescuing his major league pitching career."
- Reviewed: Furlong Flynn

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Outstanding expansion of the page! Hook is very intriguing and simply sourced, so good on that. Article prose expanded to requirements and well sourced; agree that image is unnecessary for main page. QPQ done. This hook is good to go! Nice job! ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:23, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]