Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/newsletteraugust08

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

Issue II – August 2008

: "I never blame myself when I'm not hitting."; "I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats."; "After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"; - Yogi Berra

There is currently a discussion underway at the main WikiProject talk page about changing the current notability guidelines for baseball players. Please help to contribute to the discussion if possible.
The first article in the article improvement drive, Harmon Killebrew, is currently on hold as a GA. The current article in the article improvement drive is Jackie Robinson.

In the past month, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to Featured Article status:
List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim managers
List of Seattle Mariners managers

This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

On July 30, 2008, Pudge Rodríguez was traded to the New York Yankees for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth.
On July 31, 2008, Ken Griffey, Jr. was traded to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Nick Masset and infielder Danny Richar.
Also on July 31, Manny Ramirez was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal that also involved the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On August 14, 2008, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez, and Juan Uribe of the Chicago White Sox hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs off Joel Peralta and Robinson Tejeda of the Kansas City Royals. It was only the sixth time in baseball history that this feat has been accomplished.