Talk:Moe Drabowsky

Jewish

Moe Drabowsky was a Polish Jew. So since he was also an American, I changed "Polish-American" to "Polish-Jewish-American."DavidAllanCoe (talk) 14:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I just did a little bit of research and I'm confused. I've read previously in various sources that Moe Drabowsky was Jewish, but I looked at a few sources on Jews in baseball, and I can't seem to find anything definitive on this. So I removed my own thing that I had written where I added that he was Jewish. I'm confused about this, though. I'll try to do some more research on this.DavidAllanCoe (talk) 15:06, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Miroslav is not a Polish name. Mirosław is a Polish name. Wish I could back it up, but I could swear his father was a Polish Christian, not Jewish.

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Earl Weaver Prank?

Can anybody find a source for Drabowsky imitating Earl Weaver's voice over the bullpen phone after he retired? Sounds like something he'd do, but I'm having trouble finding a source for it, and I'm wondering if someone was getting details mixed up from the time he called Kansas City's bullpen and pretended to be Al Dark. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 04:34, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 12:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Am reviewing this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 12:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• Wikilink bullpen
• "in the National League in strikeouts his rookie season." - in his rookie season.
• "he was sent to the minors a few times," - minor leagues
• "the year he had his lowest ERA as a starter." - spell out ERA on its mention, wikilink and put the acroynms in parentheses
• " Drabowsky was used almost exclusively as a relief pitcher-after three starts in 1966," - the hyphen in this sentence is not needed
• The acronyms of the American League should be mentioned after its first mention in parentheses
• "of 2.80, 1.60, and 1.91 his first three years with the club." - during his first three years or in his first three years

Early life

• Don't use bolding of text outside of the lead please
• "Drabowsky was a big Boston Red Sox fan." - an avid
• "who saw he had a good arm." - observed is more formal and less casual
• Wikilink no-hitter for those unfamiliar with baseball
• "He had an academic scholarship to the school" - to study at the school

Chicago Cubs (1956–60)

• "Drabowsky made his major league debut 'August 7, 1956," - on August 7, 1956,
• "In a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates that day," - held that day,
• "He gave up 19 home runs, three shy of the previous year's total," - how about using the word relinquished for variety
• "his season got off to a terrible start." - try to use more formal and neutral wording in place of this portion of text

Milwaukee Braves (1961), Cincinnati Reds (1962), and Kansas City Athletics (1962–65)

• "the Cubs decided they did not need Drabowsky anymore" - no longer required Drabowsky
• "he got called up to the big league club" - major league
• "Back in the majors," - major leagues
• Wikilink bullpen
• "He started pitching out of the bullpen some in June" - sometime?
• "he would lose seven decisions in a row before getting another win June 8" - win on June 8

Baltimore Orioles (1966–68)

• "and he sported a 3.94 ERA." - the following word I am putting forward is grammatically correct; had a
• "Drabowsky's ERA fell to 2.59 for his final 35 games." - over his
• "after starter Dave McNally was pulled." - I think you mean withdrawn from the field
• "Drabowsky got off to another fine start in 1968," - try to reword this sentence so that it is more neutral

Later career

• "Drabowsky negotiated with his new club for a raise before signing his contract February 28." - contract on February 28, 1969.
• "June 15, he saw on" - On June 15,
• "His ERA was even better for the Cardinals the next season;" - better; His ERA improved with the Cardinals during the next season,
• "but following his release October 6," - on October 6,

Practical joker

• The entire paragraph would be better off divided into two or three paragraphs to make it more comfortable to read
• "he once ordered takeout from a Chinese restaurant" - ordered a takeout
• "such famous players as Brooks Robinson, Paul Blair, and Yogi Berra.[8][43][5]" - refs in numerical order please
• "Next season, sportswriter Hal Bock was twice the victim of a Drabowsky hot foot during a series in New York" - During the following season,
• "Drabowsky wondered if he'd gone too far" - he had done something unacceptable

Polish heritage

• Wikilink National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame

Personal life

• "In 1957 Drabowsky met his first wife, Elisabeth Johns," & "A baseball fan, Elizabeth" - it is Elizabeth or Elisabeth?
• Briefly state who Gil Hodges was
  • I just put Dodgers' star (as opposed to Los Angeles Dodgers') because around this time, it's debatable whether she was a fan of Hodges with Brooklyn or Los Angeles (or both, which would take a while to write out). Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 00:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• "Daughter Laura, an actress," - Drabowsky's daughter Laura, an actress,
• "and Drabowsky got remarried to Rita in the 1990s." - you can state it was in 1990 that he married Rita since it is stated by SABR
• Wikilink The Sporting News

References

• References 2, 3, 28, 37, 38, 39, 43, 52 are missing the page numbers that the respective stories can be found on
  • So number 52, if you click on it, there are no page numbers for whatever reason. It's written in journal form, so there are dates, which is why I put the date of the respective entry. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 00:44, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 4 is missing the relevant page number
• Reference 8 is missing the Associated Press as the agency who provided the story of Drabowsky's death to ESPN
• Reference 46 should have The New York Times in the work field and not in the title field and the same for the date in it

Shall be putting the review on hold to allow the nominator to action/respond to all of the queries raised above. MWright96 (talk) 19:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Sanfranciscogiants17: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 07:50, 9 April 2020 (UTC)