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Contents 1 Syntax 2 See also 3 Relationship with other baseball team infoboxes 4 Fallout of merge 5 A few changes 6 A few more changes 7 Thoughts about a few more parameters 8 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

[edit] Syntax

The Bad News Bears
League	KBO (Northside Division)
Location	Kuala Lumpur
Ballpark	Estadio Latinoamericano
Year Founded	1961
Nickname(s)	Los pericos
League championships	1963, 2008
World Series championships	1989
Former name(s)	Construction workers
Former ballparks	Shibe Park
Colors	Royal blue, pink and white
Logo Design	Gothic (?) script I
Mascot	Perro Sultan
1907	67-87
	Won pennant, lost in Africa Series
Manager	Connie Mack
Uniforms
'	'

{{Infobox baseball team|
  Name=[[The Bad News Bears]]|
  Logo=[[Image:CSA Bear.gif]]|
  League=[[Korean Baseball Organization|KBO]]|
  Division=Northside Division|
  Location=[[Kuala Lumpur]]|
  Stadium=[[Estadio Latinoamericano]]|
  Founded=[[1961 in baseball|1961]]|
  Nickname=''Los pericos''|
  LeagueChamps=[[1963]], [[2008]]|
  Series=[[World Series]]|
  SeriesChamps=[[1989]]|
  FormerNames=''Construction workers''|
  FormerBallparks=[[Shibe Park]]|
  Colors=Royal blue, pink and white|
  LogoDesign=Gothic (?) script ''I''|
  Mascot=''Perro Sultan''|
  Manager=[[Connie Mack]]|
  Season=[[1907 in baseball|1907]]|
  Record=67-87|
  Playoffs=Won pennant, lost in Africa Series|
  h_title=|
  h_pattern_cap=_redbill|h_cap=000000|
  h_pattern_la=_pinstripesonwhite|h_leftarm=aa0000|
  h_pattern_b=_thinstripesonwhite|h_body=aa0000|
  h_pattern_ra=_pinstripesonwhite|h_rightarm=aa0000|
  h_pattern_pants=_pinstripesonwhite|h_pants=aa0000|
  h_socks=000000|
  a_title=|
  a_pattern_cap=_redbill|a_cap=000000|
  a_pattern_la=|a_leftarm=aa0000|
  a_pattern_b=_baseball_whitepiping|a_body=999999|
  a_pattern_ra=|a_rightarm=aa0000|
  a_pattern_pants=|a_pants=999999|
  a_socks=000000|
}}

[edit] See also

• Baseball uniform template

[edit] Relationship with other baseball team infoboxes

This template generally duplicates the efforts of Template:Minor league team, though it adds stylized uniforms. I think generally it should be used for international teams, or the two should be merged somehow. Major league baseball teams have their own infobox: Template:MLB infobox. Rolando 12:57, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fallout of merge

As part of the merge with Template:Japanese baseball team, I commented out a few parameters, dealing with the latest season, namely:

• Latest season (e.g., 2005-2006)
• Record (e.g., 41-40)
• Playoff finish (e.g., lost in quarterfinals)
• Manager

What do we think of those?

One other thing: Are "Logo Design" and "Colors" necessary if we have the image of the log and the baseball uniform template? Rolando (talk) 13:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

After going through the infoboxes, it does seem "logo design" is a bit unnecessary, since a picture is supposed to be there, but I think colors should stay since a lot of uniforms either don't use a color that's used in the logo or in merchandising, or features it in typography, which we don't replicate on the uniforms.

As for parameters that were left out, I think manager and record (probably for the most recent completed season) would be the best. Personally, I've found it hard to find managers for Japanese baseball teams, but that doesn't mean we can't put it in there for other teams. El Cid 05:25, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A few changes

1. Added parameter: Mascot (optional)
2. Added parameter: Division (optional)
3. Added a default for LeagueChamps: None

[edit] A few more changes

Added information for the most recent complete season. These are all optional.

1. Add parameter: Manager (current/most recent manager)
2. Add parameter: Season (most recent season--ideally a wikilink to the season page for the league)
3. Add parameter: Record (record in most recent complete season--no partial season records)
4. Add parameter: Playoffs (playoff results, if any)

[edit] Thoughts about a few more parameters

Any thoughts on the following:

• Ownership
• Management (e.g., General Manager, President, etc.)
• Sponsors

I ran into these when doing teams from the Korean Baseball Organization. I think it might look something like:

Owner	{{{Owner}}}
Management	{{{Management}}}
Sponsors	{{{Sponsors}}}

Ownership	George Steinbrenner
Management	Brian Cashman (GM) James K. Polk (President)
Sponsors	Ovaltine

Rolando (talk) 05:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

I was thinking about trying to use (or adapt?) this template as I expand the articles on the teams in this league. I've been reading up on it, and its all really quite interesting. Any suggestions? Dina 19:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I think that you should be able to use it as is. I can't see why not. Give it a try in your user space and see how it goes! Good luck! Rolando 19:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)