Template:Did you know nominations/Interleague play (NPB)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:51, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Interleague play (NPB)

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• ... that Nippon Professional Baseball introduced regular-season interleague play between the Central and Pacific Leagues for the first time in Japanese professional baseball history in the 2004 season? Source: "The owners of professional baseball clubs approved a plan Wednesday to hold interleague regular-season games next year for the fist time ever."[1]
  • ALT1:... that out of the thirteen Nippon Professional Baseball seasons that have included interleague play, the Pacific League has beaten the Central League in all but one season? Source: "In 13 years since interleague play was introduced, the CL has led in wins just once in 2008." [2]

Created by Torsodog (talk). Self-nominated at 21:14, 10 October 2017 (UTC).

• The article is new, long enough, well referenced and neutral. I couldn't see any close paraphrasing from the English sources. Regarding the hooks, the original hook seems to be incorrect: the article says interleague play was introduced in the 2005 season, not 2004. I find the ALT1 hook more interesting (as someone who knows nothing about Japanese baseball) and it is supported by an inline citation – the source is in Japanese but it's fairly easy to verify from the numbers and logos. Also, Torsodog, I see it has been some years since you last had an article at DYK, but the rules changed a while ago so that every nominator with more than 5 DYK credits has to review an article for every new article they nominate (a "QPQ review"). If you aren't feeling confident with reviewing DYK nominations, there is a reviewing guide here which may help. 97198 (talk) 11:59, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

• Ah, I had no idea! I'll take a look at the reviewing process and give it a go later today. --Torsodog^Talk 13:28, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
• 97198, I have now reviewed the DYK nomination for Madagascan sandgrouse. --Torsodog^Talk 15:16, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

• Brilliant. QPQ is done so ALT1 is good to go. Striking the original hook per my comments above since it appears to be incorrect. 97198 (talk) 05:14, 14 October 2017 (UTC)