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==rosters==
hey, i really love what you're doing, thanks.
As a Rockies fan, I think you're doing a terrific job. --User:Enkrates 00:25, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
:Thank you! --User:Veronique 04:24, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
hey, i was just wonder, since you're putting the puerto rican flag next to players from puerto rico, are you planning on putting the state flags next to other americans? seems like it would be more interesting to look at...
:Puerto Rico usually has their own "national" team in international competition separate from the US Teams while the 50 states don't. I don't think it would be consistent with the way they do it for soccer to show state flags instead of US flags. -- User:Veronique 04:48, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== expos/nationals debate ==
There is a major debate going on, and I wondered if you might want to chime in. The debate involves how to deal with franchise moves in baseball. The question is whether Montréal Expos should be its own article or if it should redirect to Washington Nationals. All other instances of franchise moves in MLB redirect the old team name to the new team name, and the history of the franchise is covered within the new team name (for MLB, NBA and NFL examples, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion/Montr%E9al_Expos see here]. Some people are confused and think the Expos and the Nats are different teams. Some people don't want to upset Canadian readers.
Indeed, the Washington Nationals are not a new team - the Montreal Expos franchise has moved to Washington, and the old franchise name should redirect to the new franchise name, just like the 20+ instances of this occuring in Wikipedia. For example, Brooklyn Dodger history resides in the Los Angeles Dodgers article. New York Giants history, including the Shot Heard 'Round the World, resides in the San Francisco Giants article.
If you have the time, maybe you could chime in on the conversation there, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Montréal Expos. User:Kingturtle 21:06, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== Mets history ==
Being a lifelong Cubs fan, I am obviously not a Mets fan, but I can appreciate their history of occasional ecstasy between long stretches of frustration. :) I added the stuff about other teams with horrific won-lost records. I think the "worst record in history" concept is a little nebulous, because there are other teams with worse percentages in the 19th century, and I'm thinking one of the Boston Braves teams might also have had a worse percentage than the Mets of 1962. The 20-134 record of the Cleveland team stands out because it is far and away the most losses of any team in one season, and the way it happened was shameful. The National League had allowed the Robison family to own both Cleveland and St. Louis, and they moved all the good players to St. Louis in 1899, thus stripping the team of true major leaguers. In a way, this is what happened to the Mets in 1962, since the other teams did not want to let the expansion teams have good players. The difference is that the Mets had a future, whereas the 1899 Cleveland team had only a (reasonably good) past, and no future. User:Wahkeenah 14:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks for the feedback. You are correct about the 1935 Braves and more 19th century teams having worse records. I have made those corrections. As for the Spiders, I agree that it is an exceptionally dark episode that is notable, but I think elaborating on it in the Mets article is a bit of a digression. Hopefully readers interested in learning more about why the Spiders lost so many games in 1899 will follow the links to the Spiders article for that info. Cheers! --User:Veronique 15:59, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Veronique
Veronique is the designation of a Francesounding rocket with liquid fuel drive. The Veronique was built between 1950 and 1969 in several versions, of which the versions P2, P6 and R were only experimental models.
==External links==
*http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vernique.htm
Sounding rockets
Veronique
Seattle-based New York Mets fan with a lifelong love of encyclopedias and occasional bursts of spare time.
My current project is to enhance the Current Roster sections of all 30 MLB teams by adding uniform numbers and national flags for each player (similar to the way soccer team rosters are presented.)
:As of today, the National League teams are completed. I will start working on the American League teams as soon as I am able, though it may be a few days. User:Veronique 02:37, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)