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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:13, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Ned Hanlon (baseball)

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Tomlinson Studio photo of Ned Hanlon Tomlinson, 1887

  • ... 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"?

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)