Talk:Dave Winfield

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Contents 1 Draft 2 Induction & Bird 3 Yankees or Padres 4 Padres' Cap in HOF 5 Dave's Picture 6 Winfield Foundation 7 WikiProject class rating 8 Nice addition by Stnick00

[edit] Draft

Who is the other person drafted in three sports??? I thought Winfield was drafted by a hcokey team as well. Would that make him the only person drafted in four sports? User: Abisai

Yeah... I'm wondering the same thing? Was it Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, or maybe Michael Jordan? Some guy from way back when? David Bergan 04:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The other three-sport draftee, in 1976, was the Cleveland Browns wide receiver Dave Logan, who had been a three-sport star at the University of Colorado and Wheat Ridge High School in the 1970s.

Paul 05:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Paul. That was bugging me. David Bergan 19:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Induction & Bird

So was he inducted as a yankee or a padre? both are stated in article.

was he aiming at the bird that he hit?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.160.100.46 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 26 August 2006

[edit] Yankees or Padres

should the colors be Yankees or Padres--Yankees10 03:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

Since Winfield elected to go into the Hall of Fame as a Padre, I would have to say the page colors should be the Padres', though I personally came to admire him as a Yankee. Merkinmuffly 05:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I like the idea of Padres. He's a HoF padre, he represent the Padres in the celebrity softball game, and something about "Mr. May" and Steinbrenner being banned from MLB that I don't agree with Yankees colors.Mghabmw 03:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Padres' Cap in HOF

I removed the comment about the HOF deciding which cap Winfield wears on his Hall plaque. While it is technically true that the Hall can decide for a player, in Winfield's case they allowed him to choose for himself. This article on Padres Nation confirms:

"The Hall of Fame has the final choice of which logo will be on the plaque, but Winfield was allowed to choose because the majority of his career was split between the Padres (1,117 games) and Yankees (1,172)."

Merkinmuffly 05:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

They changed padre colors... should we, too? Mghabmw 23:45, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dave's Picture

The picture is from the Hall of Fame induction and was added by request of Mr. Winfield. I didn't know how to tag it at first so it it was deleted. Photo is (c) 2001 Mario Casciano

Hotcop2 23:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Winfield Foundation

I've added this section as this was not only very important to Mr. Winfield, it actually did inspire many of today's athletes (from all sports) to follow suit and, as one of the first, not only accomplished some pretty notable things, but set the standard for giving back in the world of sports. Hotcop2 14:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice addition by Stnick00

Great table. Hotcop2 (talk) 00:18, 29 March 2008 (UTC)