Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Schmidt

=[[Andrew Schmidt]]=

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College baseball player whose career seems non-notable/pedestrian. Some of this seems like a mix of other people (how could he have thrown a first pitch in 1991?), so not sure what's verifiable, if anything. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 06:07, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Delete The "first pitch" in this case is a pre-game ritual where someone, usually a fan in the stands, tosses a ball to the players, so even a five year old sometimes does that. The inclusion of that type of information that makes people go "Awww..." suggests that a member of Andrew's family wrote this article, and the history [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rudamoose] suggests this as well. I'm surprised that it stayed up here for three months. Mandsford 15:09, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep The second guideline of the baseball notability guidelines: "Have appeared in at least one game in ... any other top-level national league." Having played in the top professional league of Australia, I feel he qualifies. Kinston eagle (talk) 00:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep Changing my vote. I'd never heard of the Australian Baseball League, but I agree with Kinston that its players would qualify under WP:BASEBALL/N. Good work on Kinston's part. Mandsford 02:59, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep - notability asserted.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. Spanneraol (talk) 23:08, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

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