The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the
combined no-hitter at the
Los Angeles Angels' memorial game for Tyler Skaggs was the first combined no-hitter in California since the day Skaggs was born?
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Please could someone explicitly provide the sources I have repeatedly requested, or point me to where in the body or infobox I am missing them. Merely pointing at unspecified external links is not adequate.
Espresso Addict (
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00:57, 2 July 2019 (UTC)reply
All we know from news reports is that "foul play" is not suspected. Is there an autopsy in progress? I get that it is early, but knowing that fact can help us find subsequent sources. IIRC,
Antonin Scalia died in Texas and no autopsy was performed.
Lars Frierson (
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06:24, 2 July 2019 (UTC)reply
As a general rule, old people don't get autopsies unless homicide's suspected. Young people tend to if it's sudden and mysterious. Fame level used to affect the speed of publicized results, but not so much in today's constant news.
InedibleHulk(talk)11:59, 2 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Date is wrong here: "On July 13, 2019 the Angels played their first home game since the passing of Skaggs. During the game, the team wore Skaggs' jersey. His mother, Debbie Skaggs, threw out the first pitch, which was a perfect strike. The team threw no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners, winning 13-0."
Not done Pitchers can’t combine to throw anything other than a combined no-hitter, so the second mention of "combined" isn’t necessary.
Larry Hockett (
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16:19, 13 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Might take me a few days, but I've been writing so many articles myself lately, it seems only fair that I get some of these reviewed. Happy to give this a look!
Sanfranciscogiants17 (
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00:37, 24 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Had more time than I was expecting this evening! Here are my comments.
For the section headings under career, I think it would make more sense if they read “Los Angeles Angels (minor league system)”, “Arizona Diamondbacks (2012-2013)”, and “Los Angeles Angels (2014, 2016-2019)”. This will make clearer that the “second stint” was his first in the major leagues.
Done Changed "second stint" to "return", but added years and specified minor league turn.
Lead
I would remove “for an injury sustained in 2014” – slightly redundant and unnecessary detail for the lead.
”and continued to miss” – “also missing” Also, take out “other” before injuries.
”At the time of his death, Skaggs posted” – “Through June of 2019, Skaggs had posted” – This makes more sense chronologically, since we haven’t mentioned the death on this pass-through of his story yet.
opiates to Skaggs, - take out comma afterwards, since next sentence is not an independent clause.
Done all of the above.
Early life
“referred to Skaggs as the best baseball player to attend the school” – called Skaggs the school’s best baseball player”
Done
Career
”2009 Major League Baseball draft” – “2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft” – to set up the abbreviation later on
”in the same round as” – “in the same round as other Angel draft picks”
”Skaggs made” – “The pitcher made” – that way, three sentences in a row don’t start with “Skaggs”
”a 8-4” – “an 8-4”
Also, that dash should probably be an m dash (you can type these from the edit box). I really don’t care about these, but other editors always correct me on them, so I’m guessing that’s the way it’s supposed to be done.
”19 appearances, including 14 starts,” – “19 appearances (14 starts)”
”it could not be officiated” – “it could not become official” – the way it is now implies it is a sporting event being reviewed by a referee.
”after Skaggs signed his contract” – “after Skaggs had signed his contract”
”Across both teams” – “Between the Kernels and the Silver Hawks”
”was 9–5, with a” – “was 9-5, and he posted a”
”was 9–6, with a 2.96 ERA,” – “was 9—6, and he posted a 2.96 ERA”
Why not mention the game where he got his first major league win? Seems like a pretty big deal.
Because I am dumb and forgot to include that he won his first MLB start!
”and 5.83 ERA” – “and a 5.83 ERA”
More detail on his 2013 season? Was he injured (and making rehab starts for the rawhide)? What were his season stats?
”He had a” – “Skaggs had a”
”Skaggs left a potential no-hitter” – tell how long the no-hitter had been going for.
”and elected to miss the 2015 season” – “and elected to delay his return until the beginning of the 2016 season” – after all, he might have missed all of 2015 anyway.
”between the major and minor leagues, and finished 3–4 with a 4.17 ERA” – “between the major and minor leagues, posting a 3–4 record with a 4.17 ERA for the Angels.”
Please provide his stats for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. You may want to make them a separate paragraph from 2019.
” At the time of his death” – “Through the end of June”
” Across his professional baseball career” – “For his major league career”
Done all of the above
Pitching Style
Link minor league at first mention (which is back in the Diamondbacks section—sorry, I just caught this)
Already done
Link changeup at first mention (earlier in paragraph)
Done Whoops, holdover from before I rearranged that section
Personal life
” and was a resident of his native Santa Monica until his death” – take out the comma before this clause, and change to “and remained a resident of Santa Monica during his major league career.”
Take out at the time of his death in the second sentence
Done all of the above
Death
End first sentence after Southlake, Texas, and begin next with “He was pronounced dead…”
Take out the comma after system
” was ruled as an accident” – take out as.
Mention earlier in the article that he wore number 45; that will make the Corbin bit more understandable.
Partly done I couldn't find a non-awkward place to insert it in the body, so I just clarified in the sentence that Skaggs wore 45
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All looks good here for the main hook, which I think is more interesting than ALT1. QPQ done, hook cited/interesting, article is a new GA, no copyvio concerns. Image is just fine too. GoPhightins!10:39, 25 March 2021 (UTC)reply
In the sentence "the examination concluded that Skaggs had died of asphyxia after aspirating on his own vomit," the use of "on" is incorrect. Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives this example: "She began coughing when she aspirated some orange juice." There seems to be confusion between the verbs "to choke" and "to aspirate." "Aspirate" in this context means "to suck into the lungs." Aspiration may cause choking, but they aren't equivalent.
Citizen127 (
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07:59, 16 August 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Adakiko I did, Wozal reverted it with no explanation. It was a simple grammatical correction. I have no idea why anyone would revert it. I'm confused and dismayed.
Citizen127 (
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09:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)reply