The MLB.com link is missing its "Bio" function and has for a long time. This references has cited the MLB.com bio eight times. This needs replacing as large swaths of the page are now unreferenced with the dead link.
The lead fails 1(b) of the
Wikipedia:Good article criteria because it doesn't adequately summarize the body of the article. The lead skips over the "Early life" and "Personal life" sections, and doesn't adequately talk about his college career or his high school career.
The prose of the article moreover fails
WP:WIAGA 3 because the prose isn't broad in its overview of the topic. It just lists stats and salary information a lot of the time in sections, such as the "Cincinnati Reds (1995)" section and the "Seattle Mariners (1996)" section. I found these articles on a quick Google search, and they should be included:
What he's doing now,
and here, include quotes about the playoffs with the Indians from
here.
Here's a mention that he doesn't like the music of Michael Jackson.
snippit preview calling him "one of the best set-up men in baseball" during his time with the Giants. Feel like this quote should be added to the lead too.
There's something
here about him no-hitting the Expos for his first MLB victory. Maybe find other sources based on that.
The 1994 MLB season was Shortened to 115 games for the Giants unsure why "shortened" is capitalized
Some of this is easy fixes, some of it more difficult, I'd say this is definitely fixable if people keep working on it, but as it stands, it does need some work.
Hog Farm (
talk)
20:05, 23 April 2020 (UTC)reply