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Born 2005? I'm thinking that's a typo. -- Longhair 02:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, was a typo, fixed it to 1985 Xalfor 06:39, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Rape allegations 2 Milledge-for-Manny 3 Lastings Milledge Facts 4 Youngest Player in NL? 5 Expulsion from H.S. 6 Little League World Series citation

[edit] Rape allegations

Shouldn't there be a section about the rape allegations against him and how no team but the Mets would touch him with a ten foot pole because of those allegations?

"This is why they're allegations, & not fact."

               Keep in mind 

"The Salem witch trials were all allegations."

[edit] Milledge-for-Manny

The trade rumor isn't "unverifiable", it was widely reported as such: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2120374 http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=12146 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gammons/story?id=2123868

Woodshed 18:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Do we want to include trade rumors attributed to anonymous sources, even if they come from otherwise reputable news outfits? My vote would be no unless you cite stories where principals involved (like GMs or agents) are quoted on the record. Veronique 19:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lastings Milledge Facts

I added the Lastings Milledge facts to the links section. I figured I would put this in there being it was shown on a Mets broadcast and could be read as a joke by anyone looking to find out more about Lastings and his popularity in New York. NYGiantsNYMets91 23:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Generally speaking, listings to fan sites are frowned upon in wikipedia unless they are of special significance - like a very large, established, active site with lots of varied content focused on the subject. If we aren't pretty strict about fan sites, the links sections can easily fill up with dubious listings. Wikipedia isn't supposed to function as a portal or list of links. --Veronique 23:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Give me a break. There are no blatant ads on the site, and one could argue that it is the "definitive" LM site, especially since Cotter mentioned it on SNY. I agree that we can't have every little site that mentions LM, but this is truly a unique site (not mine) that hundreds of NYM fans have contributed to and access on a regular basis. Riphamilton 05:26, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Youngest Player in NL?

If Lastings is not currently a National League player, then who is now the youngest player in the league? -Seidenstud 15:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Rick Vanden Hurk for NL, King Felix for AL.[1] CanbekEsen 19:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expulsion from H.S.

There has been sort of a revert war over mentioning the sexual misconduct allegations against Milledge when he was in High School. Since the Daily News and other sources have reported his expulsion due to allegations he had sex with a minor, these should be reported in the article and cited appropriately. However, the nonsense which was added today about him being hit by a pitch in a high school game was both irrelevant and a serious violation of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. There was also a highly inappropriate joke about the sexual conduct allegations.

Please always make sure that when you write about a living person, you stick to the facts and cite sources. I will clean up the article and add this Daily News citation: [2] Rhobite 21:48, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Little League World Series citation

An anonymous user added some info about Milledge's performance in the 1997 Little League World Series, and included a reference of "(The Tampa Tribune, August 14, 1997)." I found what appears to be the actual article in question here, and reformatted the reference using {{cite news}}. However, I should point out that I have no idea if the assertions made by the anonymous editor are confirmed by the article - only that the article mentions Milledge and seems to be about the referenced game. The reason I have not personally seen the article is that the Tampa Bay Tribune has a pay-per-article archive, and I do not want to pay this time around. If anyone has access to the archive (e.g. paper subscribers, etc.), feel free to confirm, then update the citation with a more specific URL and an accessdate. Thanks, Seidenstud 05:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)