Template:Did you know nominations/Miller Huggins

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:49, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Miller Huggins

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... that Hall of Fame baseball manager Miller Huggins (pictured) studied law at the University of Cincinnati under William Howard Taft?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Conservation and restoration of silver objects
Comment: Article was at 2566 characters this morning, and is at 13139 now (5.12x). I'm not done working on the page yet, and I imagine it'll be a bit bigger by the time it's reviewed.

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 22:35, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Hall of Fame baseball manager Miller Huggins (pictured) played semi-professional baseball under a pseudonym?
ALT2 ... that Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins (pictured) executed the first delayed steal in recorded baseball history?
ALT3 ... that Lou Gehrig called Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins (pictured) the "squarest shooter I ever knew in baseball"?
ALT4 ... that Babe Ruth said that Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins (pictured) "was the only man who knew how to keep me in line"?

—Long enough, expanded enough, interesting article. Spot check of references looks good. I like ALT 2 better than the rest; I think "first of x" is the most compelling contribution. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 22:13, 26 April 2012 (UTC)