Talk:List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers

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A fact from List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 November 2008, and was viewed approximately 624 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1996 Opening Day game for the Oakland A's at Cashman Field in Las Vegas marked the first time in 39 years that a regular season major league game was played in a minor league stadium?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/November.

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Orphaned references in List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers[edit]

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Reference named "OD1989":

From List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 3, 1989, Brewers at Indians Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.
From List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 4, 1989, Tigers at Rangers Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.

Reference named "OD1995":

From List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 26, 1995, Rangers at Yankees Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.
From List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 26, 1995, White Sox at Brewers Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.

Reference named "OD1990":

From List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 9, 1990, Blue Jays at Rangers Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.
From List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 9, 1990, Brewers at White Sox Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.

Reference named "OD1992":

From List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 6, 1992, Rangers at Mariners Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.
From List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers: Apr 6, 1992, Twins at Brewers Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 19, 2008.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:57, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "op11":

From List of Detroit Tigers Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
From List of Chicago Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
From List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers: "Astros begin 2011 season in Philadelphia". MLB.com. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
From List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
From List of Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers: "Philadelphia Athletics 1911". BaseballLibrary.com. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
From List of Cleveland Indians Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
From List of Washington Senators Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
From List of Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers: "Opening Day 1911". Retrosheet. Retrieved May 17, 2009.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 18:38, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]