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Pete Appleton

Pete Jablonowski baseball card

  • ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) had his best seasons after changing his surname from Jablonowski?

Created/expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 05:20, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Symbol question.svg Length and date check out. Expansion started from 5,050 bytes on 17 June 2012 → now at 33,395 bytes (over 5x). Not sure about the hook, though. The connection between his name-change and "best seasons" is coincidental at best. I just added the actual ext. link to confirm it. How about the ALT1 hook (below).

ALT1:... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career? Poeticbent talk 18:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

  • I don't think the hook implies a cause and effect connection, but a couple of commentators have noted the coincidence, which I thought was an interesting hook. The alt doesn't work because he never did pursue the musical career. Cbl62 (talk) 18:30, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
  • The cause and effect connection in the original hook seemed obvious to me. How about ALT2 with your own comment included in it?

ALT2:... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did? Poeticbent talk 18:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

  • There is one source that says changing his name may have been done in case he pursued a musical career. Other sources offer different reasons. So I don't think alt 2 is accurate. My preference remains the original hook, which I think should be fine. The language of the hook plainly denotes a temporal connection but not a cause and effect. How/why do you think it suggests cause and effect? Cbl62 (talk) 22:59, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
  • This hook has been lingering for almost 2 weeks since the last comment by the reviewer. I think it's fine and would appreciate a new reviewer giving it a look. As I'll be on vacation next week, I'd like to get this wound up soon. Cbl62 (talk) 06:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)