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Good article1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
June 11, 2010Good article nomineeListed
January 24, 2013Good topic candidatePromoted
April 22, 2019Good topic removal candidateDemoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 1, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Barry Bonds was retired with the bases loaded twice during the 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game?
Current status: Good article

GA Review

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Reviewer: Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC) Overall this is a good article, though I found a few issues:[reply]

  • "Giants' outfielder Barry Bonds drew criticism for his postseason performance, an area Bonds' had performed below his regular season standards back to his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates." It feels a little wordy right now. Maybe something like '..Bonds drew criticism for his postseason performance, which had been a recurring criticism dating back to his time with..'
  • "However, the Mets did not win another game that year and finished their season one game back of the Cubs and Giants who ended tied at 89–73." If it was just two games as it seems, I would state that they lost their last two rather than not winning another.
  • "Holding the highest non-division winning record a tie-breaker was necessary to determine the Wild Card winner." huh?
  • In the game summary section, be consistent with inning names (either 5th/7th/9th or fifth/seventh/ninth, not both)
  • The game summary section is unsourced. Granted, adding in the B-R (or whoever's) game log at the end of each para should do the trick just fine.
  • "but is tied for the 9th highest single-season save total in MLB history" While nice, I'm not really seeing a reason to have that part of the sentence.
  • All changed except the last one. It's included because that's rather hugely notable. Say, for example, Sammy Sosa had hit 1 home run in this game. He wouldn't have overtaken McGwire for the (then) most home runs in a season in MLB history, but raising up the 2nd highgest total ever is a big deal. This is the same situation, a top-10 all-time season in a (now) major MLB stat is a pretty big deal. Staxringold talkcontribs 03:24, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pretty nice article; the Bonds stuff in particular was interesting. I'll put it on hold and pass when things are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]