Talk:John Montgomery Ward's perfect game/GA1

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Reviewer: Kaiser matias (talk · contribs) 03:46, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

I'll review this. Kaiser matias (talk) 03:46, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

A few comments:

• "John Montgomery Ward made his debut for the Providence Grays in 1878." It would be good to specify this was his pro(?) baseball debut. Something like "John Montgomery Ward made his baseball debut with the Providence Grays in 1878."

Done

• "Although Messer Street Grounds was the home field of the Grays, a pregame coin flip determined the Grays would be the visiting team while the Bisons would be the home team." Any reason why a coin flip was held for this?

Back in the early 1880s, it was customary to have a pregame coin flip. The team that won could decide to bat in the top or bottom half of innings. From what I can tell this rule got abolished around 1885. I edited the article to reflect that it was customary.

Much like Lee Richmond's perfect game, there's not a lot here to go over, and I'll be happy to pass once the two things above are addressed. Kaiser matias (talk) 01:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Kaiser matias Thank you for the review! I've addressed the two issues you brought up. Sadly there is very little information about this perfect game. Fortunately things seem to pick up with Cy Young's perfect game, so here's hoping. Famous Hobo (talk) 22:28, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Nicely done again, and while a short article I've found it to be fairly informative. Kaiser matias (talk) 23:58, 17 November 2023 (UTC)