Template:Did you know nominations/Patrick Corbin (baseball)

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 14:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Patrick Corbin (baseball)

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• ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Patrick Corbin didn't play baseball until his junior year of high school?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mei Baojiu
• ALT1: ... that Patrick Corbin was the first junior college player selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft?
• ALT2: ... that Patrick Corbin set a Mobile BayBears franchise record when he pitched 27+1⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings?

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 21:19, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

• Recent enough, long enough, article is within policy. Hooks (main, Alt1, Alt2) are correct length. Main hook cited to subscription cite, so OK based on AGF. Other hooks were verified (w/o subscription). I think the main/original hook as formulated has most interesting to a broad audience, HOWEVER the text of the article itself says he did not play for his "team" until his junior year, NOT that he did not play baseball (which would be more remarkable). I'm not sure this can be fixed while retaining all of the high interest of the original. If not, I might lean toward ALT2, though others might prefer ALT1. --Presearch (talk) 19:51, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

• Good point, re: team. I didn't see any sources that talked about whether or not he had ever played in any other way, or why he didn't play in his first two seasons (Academics? Injuries? Did a coach randomly grab him and put him in a baseball uniform when they didn't have enough players?), so the main hook, if used, may need more specification. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)