Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter/Volume 02 issue 06
Around the horn
[edit]- The Detroit Tigers acquired 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner David Price in a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays at the trade deadline. With this trade, the Tigers pitching rotation included the previous three A.L. Cy Young winners (Price, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer).
- On August 14, Major League Baseball elected Rob Manfred to replace Bud Selig as the Commissioner of Baseball.
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim All-Star pitcher Garrett Richards suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee while attempting to cover first base in a game against the Boston Red Sox on August 20, ending his season.
- Joc Pederson of the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes became the first player in the Pacific Coast League to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season since Frank Demaree did so in 1934.
- Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois by a score of 8–4 to win the 2014 Little League World Series.
- Madison Bumgarner pitched a one-hitter for San Francisco against Colorado on August 26, with his perfect game bid ending in the top of the eighth inning when Justin Morneau hit a double. The Giants won 3–0, with all runs driven in by Buster Posey's two home runs. Bumgarner walked no hitters and struck out thirteen, matching his career high. It was his fourth complete game of the season.
Contributors: Spanneraol, isaacl
Featured image
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Portrait of Christy Mathewson, created by Paul Thompson. Michel Vuijlsteke uploaded the photo, with some adjustments, in 2009, and the photo achieved featured status in 2010.
Contributor: isaacl
About
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This issue's contributors:Project news
[edit]To help with article writing, Go Phightins! started a baseball resource library page, listing good sources of information for baseball-related topics. Please share the resources you use in your editing, so everyone can benefit.
The project gained additional exposure in the August 20th edition of the Signpost, which contained an interview conducted by Seattle. Let's hope some more editors join the team!
WikiProject Baseball is approaching 300 articles within its scope that have achieved or have been nominated for Good Article status. The race is on the reach this milestone—you can make it happen by improving your favourite baseball-related article! Five more Good Articles were added to the total in August:
- Eli Whiteside (User:Sanfranciscogiants17)
- Cal Ripken, Sr. (User:Oriolesfan8)
- Jonathan Pettibone (User:Go Phightins!)
- Prince Oana (User:Cbl62)
- Chris Davis (User:Sanfranciscogiants17)
Thanks to everyone for their work! With the pennant races heating up, drawing more readers, now's the time to make sure those frequently-visited baseball articles are polished up: please find a place that needs improvement and make it better!
Contributors: Wizardman, isaacl
Showcase
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Prince Oana played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as both a position player and a pitcher, and, upon his debut, became the fourth Hawaiian-born MLB player. Born to a Native Hawaiian father and a Portuguese mother in Waipahu, Hawaii, Oana was barnstorming in Japan when Ty Cobb discovered his abilities and suggested he sign with the San Francisco Seals. After joining the Seals farm system as a position player, he compiled an impressive .374 batting average in his first year of professional play. Oana posted batting averages of .326 in 1930, .345 in 1931, and .332 in 1933. His first stint in the majors was with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1934, where he hit .234 with three runs batted in in six games. Oana subsequently converted to a pitcher and played for the Detroit Tigers in 1943 and again in 1945, when he and the Tigers won the World Series.
Oana's heritage became both a selling point for owners, and a detriment to his MLB employment. While in the San Francisco system, team owner Charlie Graham advertised him as "a Hawaiian prince" and claimed he found Oana playing baseball barefoot in Hawaii. The Sporting News ran an article which stated Oana "[came] from the royal stock of the old Hawaiian dynasty that ruled the islands before the United States took over the country." Author Dan Daniel, though, wrote that he "not be welcome in the ranks of the big leagues", as the color line was "adhered to most strictly" in MLB. In retirement, Oana owned a lakeside fishing business before his death in 1976.
A recently promoted good article, Oana is a peer review away from featured status. If you have the motivation, time, and commitment, why not take the next step to honor such a colorful life? WikiProject Baseball editors will offer unbiased reviews and commentary all the way until featured status. Thanks again.
Contributor: Seattle
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The Inside Corner : September 1, 2014
[edit]- Project news: Reaching 300 Good Articles, baseball resource library
- Around the horn: Deadline deal, new commissioner, freak injury, 30/30 in the PCL, Little League World Series, almost perfect
- Showcase: Prince Oana, Jr.
- Featured image: Christy Mathewson