Talk:Soul Patrol (baseball)

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Although funny, the language should probably be cleaned up a bit. --Hazillow 04:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

• Got any suggestions? I couldn't really think of a politically correct way of saying "one must be African-American to belong to the Soul Patrol" (which is basically what it comes down to in ivory-tinted Minnesota). I figured being ironic was the solution. Sparkyfry 06:33, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
  • It reads like an uncyclopedic article as it stands. For example, the humorous use of the word "soul", as in "was deemed not soulful". Well, you probably didn't say specifically that, but you get the idea. I'm from Minnesota too, I know how ivory it is. --Hazillow 16:52, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
    • I agree that it reads like an unencycloedic article. Why not find a quote from one of the players or the sportswriter explaining the real reasoning behind calling it the "Soul Patrol"? I recall seeing such stuff in the press at the time.

[edit] Well done.

Well done. Although anyone with a pulse knows that "soul" really means "Black," it isn't like you can say that without people flagging you for racism. Irony is the way to go, and for that I salute you. Perhaps to properly "Wikify" the article you'd explain that soul=black, but it pretty much goes without saying.