Talk:Josh Hamilton (baseball)

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Contents 1 Please don't add copyrighted content to the article 2 "Tater" vs. "home run" 3 "Ham Bone"? 4 Four nicknames? 5 Clean Up

[edit] Please don't add copyrighted content to the article

In my most recent edit to the article, I removed a summary of his high school accomplishments that looked like it had been copied and pasted from MLB.com. It is ok to paraphrase this (citing proper sources) according to Wikipedia style; but please do not add copyrighted content to the article.

I also moved the discussion of his first major-league start tonight to the main part of the article, rather than mentioning it in the introduction. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 02:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Tater" vs. "home run"

An anon has been changing the description of Hamilton's first home run from "home run" to "tater". I am reverting this because "tater" is a slang term, and slang is not appropriate for encyclopedic articles. The home run article specifically lists "tater" as a slang word. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 04:55, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Ham Bone"?

Can someone find a reliable source for the "Ham Bone" nickname? I looked for it on Google a few days ago and didn't find much. Wikipedia should not be used as a vehicle for making nicknames catch on. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 03:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm more worried about taters at the moment, but it does look like his high school nickname. Hey 74.138.162.255, how long will the epic tater vs. home run battle go on here? davewho2 03:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I've been removing some of the nickname stuff, until it can be referenced. I have only seen 'Hammer' as a referenced nickname so far. 'The Great Hambino' can be included if someone can provide a reference for it.Leafschik1967 (talk) 17:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

It says on his stats that he has 9 1/2 home runs ([User:Timothy Chappell])

On July 4th, 2007, Hamilton struck out 4 times in the same game, against the San Francisco Giants. The following day, in the series closer of the Reds and Giants, Hamilton hit his 14th home run of the 2007 season, in the 6th inning with 2 outs, enhancing the Reds lead over the Giants to 6-2.

[edit] Four nicknames?

There are four nicknames for him given in the intro. Can we reduce this number to the 1 or 2 that are most commonly used? (Probably "Hammer".) --Idont Havaname (Talk) 12:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

There's no better picture to use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.202 (talk) 02:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

This article is in serious need of cleanup as it is largely unreadable. There are run-on sentences, other sentences that begin an idea but never finish, and unrelated thoughts in the same paragraph. It looks like it was written by a 15 year old jock who can only speak jargon or slang. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.101.153 (talk) 12:02, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clean Up

I'm going to work on getting this one cleaned up. Given his success this season, I think it would make an excellent candidate for a Good Article with a lot of work. Leafschik1967 (talk) 00:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)