Talk:Jimmy Rollins/GA1

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Reviewer: Wizardman (talk · contribs) 13:15, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As one of the five oldest noms awaiting a review, I'll go ahead and review this. Wizardman 13:15, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Wizardman. I believe Spanneraol and I are going to team up on responding to your comments, as Rollins is now a member of the Dodgers, so pinging him as well. Happy New Year. Go Phightins! 14:01, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what I found:

• "To his dismay, his parents refused to allow him continue playing football, instead forcing him to focus on baseball." i don't think 'to his dismay' is needed; the rest of the sentence suffices, plus it's a slight stretch from what the source says.
• Not a big deal, but adding when he debuted would be nice near the end of the minor league section.
• There should be a citation for those first two sentences in 2001; or is the media guide in the next sentence the ref for that as well? (On a side note, while a media guide is fine as a ref, it's the type of ref that I would try to avoid overusing, and it's borderline in that regard here).
• I'm not a big fan of the lead as written, as it feels a little jumbled, jumping from topic to topic (more so than a typical lead). It's one of those things that is difficult to explain through text, but take another read-through of it and you should see what I mean. Try rewriting it a bit.

Only through 2001 so far, will knock out the rest soon. Wizardman 16:34, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the rest:

• " that hindered is progress" his progress
• "causing manager Larry Bowa dropped him in the lineup" to drop him
• " Throughout the season, he sought to maintain focus that he admittedly lost the previous season" Sounds a little odd as worded, and personally I'd just scrap it and just keep the stats that come after unless it can be reworded a lot better.
• "Season highlights included an RBI single against John Smoltz in June to win a game" perhaps just "a game-winning RBI single" instead, just to make the wording crisper.
• " The streak was the longest in Phillies' history, surpassing Ed Delahanty." noting what his streak was would be nice.
• "but his quest for history terminated April 6 when he failed" it can just note it ended on the sixth, no reason to puff up the language.
• "Rollins' season culminated when he was named the National League's Most Valuable Player." I'd take out the middle stuff and just say rollins was named MVP.
• In 2008, linking the 2008 NLDS and 2008 NLCS might be beneficial.
• "Rollins began 2009 by participating in the 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) as a member of Team USA; for his strong WBC performance, he was named to the all-tournament team." cite
• " some questioned whether his MVP campaign in 2007 was a fluke." I've never need big on the "some said x" type of language. Adding a quote from a strong baseball source here would be beneficial, since IIRC there were quite a few big names that thought this.
• "If the option does not vest, the option can become a team option for $8 million or a player option for $5 million." Given that he went elsewhere, this should be scrapped or reworded (did the Dodgers take this option?)
• "Following the season, Rollins became the first ever co-Winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, sharing the honor with recently retired Chicago White Sox captain Paul Konerko." cite
• Per my parentheses above, adding a bit on what happened with his contract now that he's on the Dodgers would be helpful, since I can't tell if they gave him a year, if the phillies picked up the option and traded him after, or if the dodgers were the ones that chose to pick up the option.
• ""One of the best defensive shortstops in the game"," cite
• Overall, in parts the article tries to get a little flowery with the language. It's infrequent, but the few times it happens do stand out. Do another quick read-through and rewrite anything overly journaly.

I'll place the article on hold and will give it another look-through after the above is fixed, likely passing it. Wizardman 15:44, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• With much thanks to Spanneraol, I believe all these are addressed. Go Phightins! 00:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Everything reads much better now, so I'll pass this article. Wizardman 01:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]