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In 2022 the NL adopted the designated hitter from the AL. Pitchers on a National League team will no longer have to hit. Amatthews0926 (talk) 15:37, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Baseball Cube

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to start this conversation but ChatGPT made this suggestion to me :-). At a certain point, my web site, The Baseball Cube was actively linked on many baseball pages on Wikipedia. TBC provides an interesting view of player histories for Major Leaguers, Minor Leaguers and College Players. Complete stats, player bios and much much more.

I was wondering if someone thought that TBC would be a good source for the External Links section of player pages (or any other baseball page). I think the old TBC links were no longer valid (my oversight) when it had its own template.

Pardon the self-promotion. I honestly believe that the site would be beneficial to baseball article readers as supplemental information for each player. Let me know your thoughts. TBC34 (talk) 22:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This question would be better posed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball. Mind matrix 12:57, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Composition II

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 January 2025 and 9 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jdesmond18 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Jdesmond18 (talk) 16:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]