Template:Did you know nominations/Ned Hanlon (baseball)
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:13, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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Ned Hanlon (baseball)
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... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured) has been called "The Father of Modern Baseball" for inventing and perfecting the "inside baseball" strategy, including the "Baltimore chop"?
- Reviewed: Veloz and Yolanda
5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 19:34, 11 July 2014 (UTC).
ALT1 to keep the hook simple and snappy, and to avoid using too many quotes: ... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured) has been called "The Father of Modern Baseball"?97198 (talk) 09:21, 12 July 2014 (UTC)- ALT2 ... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured), called "The Father of Modern Baseball", invented the "Baltimore chop"? Cbl62 (talk) 01:49, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
This is a five-fold expansion of an already sizeable article. It is new enough and long enough. Going for ALT2 which is supported by inline citations. The image is in the public domain and I detected no copyright violations or other policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:19, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
