Talk:Rikkert Faneyte

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I have to agree with Just me here. That Faneyte was a teammate of Bonds is not really relevant here. I do agree with Randy that the stories behind the statistics are what people want to read, but this isn't a story, it's simply stating a fact with no context. Are there anecdotes about Faneyte and Bonds? Did the two not get along or were they particularly close? Did Faneyte get called up to replace Bonds when he was on the DL? Did Faneyte score 100 runs in a season largely because Bonds was hitting behind him in the order? Unless there is a reason or a story behind mentioning Bonds, I think this is more irrelevant than any "miniscule statistic". Simply reciting notable teammates is not interesting, but if there's a bigger context, it can be. -Chisoxfan 14:17, 9 August 2006 (EDT)

Well, OK. In both cases, I was actually thinking that the context was Faneyte, as an outfielder, had the impossible job of trying to displace existing outfielders on the team such as Bonds . . . - Randy 14:31 9 August 2006 (EDT)

If written in that context, I have no problem with it. But, the previous version simply said that Faneyte "was a teammate of Barry Bonds in San Francisco and of Juan Gonzalez in Texas," which needs to be put in context for it to fit. -Chisoxfan 16:59, 9 August 2006 (EDT)

I question the claim of poor strike judgement in the 1991 description - 61 BB is pretty good for A ball. Looks more like a patient "let's take a pitch" approach then either good or bad judgement of the strike zone. - --Mischa 03:26, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

That's a walk almost every 6 AB. Projected over 500 AB its 80 BB. Sounds pretty decent to me. --Just me 09:33, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

Changed wording. --MichaelEng 19:40, 14 August 2006 (EDT)