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Reviewer: Sportsfan77777 (talk · contribs) 07:38, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

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  • rounders ===>> the British game rounders
  • and sought evidence ===>>> to seek out evidence
  • in which claimed that Doubleday ===>>> claiming that Doubleday

Background

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  • Can you put one or two sentences in to explain some of the similarities between baseball and rounders? (e.g. four bases)
  • a crowd of about 300 people responding ===>>> a crowd of about 300 people responded
  • baseball Guide <<<=== something seems off about this
  • Should point out that Doubleday had died by this point

Letter

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  • His report gave Doubleday credit for originating baseball <<<=== I don't think "originating" is the right word here. Maybe "inventing the game of"?

Creation of HOF

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  • Did the "Cartwright Day" happen?

Contemporary

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  • A story in The New York Times called his work <<<=== specify who is "his" (Henderson's?)

Modern

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  • Okay.

Legacy

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  • Chadwick biography Andrew Schiff ===>>> Chadwick biographer Andrew Schiff
  • A local motel is also named after Doubleday <<<=== not clear where "local" is

Overall

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  • No dab links.
  • All the links work.
  • No plagiarism concerns.
  • Citations have proper formatting.

This article is well-done. I don't have much to say. The most major comment is probably to explain what rounders is. Placing on hold, and I presume I'll see this at FAC. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:34, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sportsfan77777: I think all of your concerns should be addressed now. The typos and such are all fixed (shame on me for not seeing them before!), a couple of sentences on similarities/differences between baseball and rounders have been added, and some more content related to Cartwright Day has been incorporated. Hopefully that's everything. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:47, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Passing. You can decide if you want to add back any of the recent changes from today. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 18:15, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]