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Aaron's jersey number at Cal State Fullerton

Does anyone happen to know what Aaron Rowand's jersey number was while he played at Cal State Fullerton??

His number at Cal State was also 33; as can be seen in the picture located here MBob 01:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Kncny11 (talk · contribs) 15:56, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to figure out why this name sounded so familiar. Then I got to go to the Phillies game on the anniversary of the day he smashed his face in making a catch! Kncny11 ^(shoot) 15:56, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

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Infobox and lede

Need citation for his height, weight, and middle name (MLB.com always has all of these)
Mention in lede that, in addition to his other 2007 accomplishments, he was an All-Star
"in the 2010 World Series" → "in 2010"

Early life and college career

"According to his high school coach, Rowand hit .650 in high school" → "According to his high school coach, Rowand hit over .650 during his time at Glendora" or something to that effect to reduce the repetition of "high school"
Link "the Titans" to Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
Pipe "exhibition contest" to exhibition game

Minor league career

"He started his professional career in 1998" → "He started his professional career that season"
Mention that the Warthogs were Class A-Advanced
WL MLB.com
WL National League and All-Star

Major league career

Chicago White Sox

"Used sparingly initially" → "Although he was initially used sparingly" (the double adverb looks a little awkward)
"centerfielder" (one word) is used a few times in this section, while "center fielder" (two words) is used elsewhere in the article
delink Kansas City Royals in the 2002 section
"2002-03 off season" → "2002–03 offseason"
Comma after "2002–03 offseason"
WL first instance of spring training
Comma after "in both of Rowand's two-home-run games, said"
Are only the stolen bases a career high? If so, I'd specify that

Philadelphia Phillies

The start of this section seems abrupt as it is, maybe move the paragraph in the prior section beginning "After the season" down here?
""effort and determination."" → ""effort and determination"." per MOS:LQ
"bleacherreport.com" → "Bleacher Report"
"Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com listed it among the best ever in 2019" → "and, in 2019, Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com listed the catch as among the best ever" (or something to that effect)
hyphen to en dash for "and the Phillies won 2–0"
"Rowand suffered a broken nose and severe lacerations to his face as a result of the play/catch/whatever"
He was set to become a free agent after the 2007 season, yes? That's how I'm reading it
~~spell out the NLDS acronym in its first appearance~~ scratch that, I'm working mostly backwards and saw ALDS spelled out earlier
Also rip to Rowand signing with the Giants the year before the Phils took the World Series
- They might not've if he'd stuck with the team; Victorino was really good! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 03:21, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco Giants

"five-year-$60-million" → "five-year, $60 million"
delink Giants, mentioned earlier
""if guys have some good years."" → ""if guys have some good years"." per MOS:LQ
en dash for "72–90 finish"
~~fill out the NCLS acronym when it's first introduced~~ scratch that, see above
"relpaced" → "replaced" in the second paragraph of 2010

Personal life

I don't see the birth dates for his kids listed on his MLB bio
- You're right, thanks for noticing! I was having trouble finding the dates listed in any reliable source, so took out all info except what is given on mlb.com. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 13:09, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
make spring training lowercase

References

Twitter isn't a great source if there are alternatives, try this ESPN article
Usually The New York Post is also not supposed to be used. However, I believe in nuance, and Kevin Kernan is a hugely accomplished baseball journalist, so his coverage falls under the "subject-matter experts" clause of these types of unreliable sources
- Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I was going to say that Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources said the main concern was with the headlines, not the articles themselves, but consulting it now, it looks like the Post's reputation has suffered since the last time I checked. As you say, though, Kevin Kernan is a subject-matter expert. I'll keep this in mind for future articles. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 03:26, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just like in the body, "bleacherreport.com" → "Bleacher Report"
Some hyphens that should be en dashes in the ESPN sources: "12-10 slugfest" and "4-6 weeks"
Chicago Sun-Times is listed as Chicago Sun-Times in [89] and The Chicago Sun Times in [93]; the WP page title suggests that the former is correct

General comments

Broadness and focus are both good, gives a solid overview of his career
Stability is good, pretty much one active editor
Pictures all look solid
Colossally nitpicky thing, but I was told during the Aaron Nola GA review that, per MOS, picture captions don't end in periods
- I think the exact rule is they don't unless the caption is a complete sentence. These aren't, though, so I took all the periods out. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 03:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Largely free of editorializing, maybe a little with regards to the face-breaking catch, but sports journalists regularly refer to it as a great catch
Earwig copyvio score looks great at 17.4%!

Sanfranciscogiants17, a smattering of minor things. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Kncny11 ^(shoot) 19:11, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I fixed a couple quick typos and this one is ready to go! Kncny11 ^(shoot) 15:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Aaron Rowand

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Aaron Rowand's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "MLB":

From Andrés Torres: "Andrés Torres Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
From Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher): "Ramon Ramírez Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved January 31, 2012. (Note: Click bio for information)
From Jeremy Affeldt: "Jeremy Affeldt". MLB. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
From Travis Ishikawa: "Travis Ishikawa Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
From Guillermo Mota: "Guillermo Mota". MLB.com. Retrieved April 3, 2011. (Note: Click bio for information)
From Tim Lincecum: "Tim Lincecum Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved November 20, 2010. Note: May need to click "View More Bio Info+" to view some of the information from this citation.
From Jonathan Sánchez: Jonathan Sanchez, MLB, retrieved 2013-04-21
From Waldis Joaquín: "Waldis Joaquin Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
From Édgar Rentería: "Edgar Renteria". MLB.com. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
From Sergio Romo: "Sergio Romo Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
From Cody Ross: "Cody Ross Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
From Mike Fontenot: "Mike Fontenot Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021. (Note: May need to click "View More Bio Info+" to see some material)
From Alex Rodriguez: "Major League Baseball Statement" (PDF). Major League Baseball. February 7, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
From Aubrey Huff: "Aubrey Huff Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
From Nate Schierholtz: "Nate Schierholtz Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
From Eli Whiteside: "Eli Whiteside Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
From Matt Downs: "Matt Downs Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
From Juan Uribe: "Juan Uribe Statistics, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved June 23, 2013. (Note: Click bio for non-statistical information)
From Madison Bumgarner: "Madison Bumgarner Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
From Barry Bonds: "Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25". MLB.com. 2007. Archived from the original on August 9, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
From Pat Burrell: "Pat Burrell Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights". MLB.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011. (Note: Click bio for information.)
From Javier López (baseball): "Javier Lopez Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio". MLB.com. Retrieved November 29, 2013.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 05:19, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]