Talk:Édgar Rentería

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If reference is to be made to Renteria's improved performance in '06, I think some short cautionary add-on should be made to the effect that his range s at shortstop appears to be declining and has dropped subbstantially from his earlier gold glove years.

Hoya1 19:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is totally true but I do not know what year this incident took place but i think it was between 1990 and 1998 but in plant city florida good ol edgar was pulled over for speeding. i think this is where it might have taken place in 97 or 98 because of his major league debut. edgar was pulled over by a plant city policeman. the policeman knew who edgar was but still had to treat him equally. So to get out of the speeding ticket, edgar gives the officer a glove he had used in a recent game. in the coming weeks the officer was asked by the department why he didnt give edgar a ticket and was given a glove instead. so to cover his own a** edgar claimed that the officer stole the glove in order to get out of another ticket. The Plant City Police department fired the officer and edgar got out of the speeding ticket. Im not sure if that is notable or not but i find it extremely crude, I am going to find a citation for this.

I called the

Not sure when this edit went in, but I've gone digging around and came up with no criminal cases with him as a defendant. Definitely not verifiable, likely libelous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.70.61.254 (talk) 03:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In his years with the Cardinals, Renteria made 3 all-star teams, won two gold gloves, 3 silver sluggers and made the post season 4 times. Yet, according to this page, his time on the Cardinals in strictly known as the guy who made the final out in the 04 World Series and is helped further by stating that Busch Stadium is known as the place where the curse of the Bambino died...which it really isn't. I've never heard to it being referred to that way. Very poor article! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.193.197.122 (talk) 14:50, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. His time with the Cardinals is best known for being the batter that ended the Curse of the Bambino. Busch Memorial Stadium IS the place where the curse died, as the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series there, not in Boston. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 22:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is he the player who went the longest between two World Series Championships before Winning another one?--Jack Cox (talk) 03:01, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Staxringold _talk^contribs 22:35, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

Looks like a very good start! Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (

   lists

   ):

• The first "Renteria" under Cincinnati Reds needs the diacritic.
• The ESPN cite does cover his "game winning" Game 5 home run, but it bothers me. Certainly it qualifies for the
  Game winning RBI (as cite 121 says, listing the same group of players as the ESPN article Renteria joined with his 2nd). But you can explicitly get a GWRBI at any point in the game, even in the top of the 1st. I've always thought of a "game winning" hit as a walkoff, not a go-ahead hit in the seventh that turns out to be the victory margin. But, the cite covers it so *shrug*. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Given when the Marlins were created and that Renteria played on them I would make it clear that you're referring to the GCL Marlin's first game under "Minor leagues"
• "His average went up to .253, and his" Don't need the comma. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Needs a good look through for linking baseball terminology the first time it appears to make it more accessible to non-fans.
  pinch hit, baseball positions, etc, etc. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Could you find more information on the injuries that led to his 96 and 98 DL stints? Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Should probably mention how disappointing he was in Boston. Maybe even mention how he was part of the string of post-Nomar bad shortstops Boston's had. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• "On January 7, 2011, Renteria signed a one year contract with the Cincinnati Reds worth 2.1 million dollars plus another 0.9 million" Just use a $ sign (also for the 0.9). Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• "This marks the" Should be past tense, the signing has already happened. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to

   reliable sources): c (OR

   ):

• What makes "Colombia Link" a
  WP:RS? Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply
  ]

The bios for the years 2000-2002 on Colombia Link are exactly the same as the ones on MLB.com, so the earlier years were probably taken from an older version. I just used it because the MLB bio only goes back to 2000. Also, nothing on Rentería's page on this website is controversial, and everything can easily be proved. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 10:55, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• As an FYI his Minor League B-Ref page can replace a number of the Colombia Link citations. Also it should be used no matter what to directly cite his minor league statistics. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• You posted to my wall that this was done, but Colombia Link is still something that needs fixing. It is not an RS, as far as I can tell. It may well be just recreating information from elsewhere, but we have no way of definitively showing that. And if it's easily confirmable information why not just cite to those instead? Staxringold _talk^contribs 16:48, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Not going to hold it up over this as it does a solid enough job, but the text (particularly the older years) need expansion and refinement (check Google News archives!) for more meat apart from pure stats. It's not bad but you can see some shimmers of recentism when an injured, busted, partial 2010 season and postseason has as much text as 02-03 when he was an All-Star, Gold Glove, and Silver Slugger honoree. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• His MLB page lists 3 Player of the Week awards, might be interesting to take this along with his B-Ref Game Logs to show what happened in those weeks to earn the honor. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1. It follows the
   neutral point of view
   policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Good. Noted that the Boston section should make clear they were displeased with the signing, but that's a small bit. Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

3. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have

   suitable captions

   ):

   Don't believe it's required, but

   ALT text for the images would be nice (and not hard to add). Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply

   ]

4. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

• Looks great, thanks for the work! Passing. Staxringold talk^contribs 20:36, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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