Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yankee killer

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 05:08, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yankee killer

Delete. Trivial. Not notable. Any person who is good enough against another team can be considered a "[team] killer." Win777 20:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom (though I frankly that this were a real category and that they'd breed like rabbits!) Bucketsofg 21:14, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete little more than a neologism occasionally used on talk radio. --djrobgordon 22:23, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep; this was a common expression in American baseball journalism in the 1950's/60's (which, unsurprisingly, is almost unrepresented on the internet). Monicasdude 22:57, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• keep rather than being a mere protologism, an [insert team here] killer is a typical and important baseball expression. It is certainly sufficiently notable and not trivial. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 23:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Monicasdude. I don't think we have to worry about "Lansing Lugnuts Killer" being added to WP. --Thunk 00:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per monicasdude --Khoikhoi 02:21, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to New York Yankees: This term is only notable in as much as the Yankees have been the best franchise in baseball for decades now. The fact the Yankees have been the best franchise in baseball for decades is well covered in the New York Yankees article so an offshoot of that fact doesn't need its own article! Add a few names of people that played well against the Yankees to that article and then you're done - what more representation does this phrase need? —Wknight94 (talk) 15:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per Wknight94. --mmeinhart 23:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. In reply to nominator, the Yankees occupy a special place in sport. Basically, for about 40+ years (1920-1964) and especially in the 50s through mid-60s they were very dominant, more so than the Celtics or Maple Leafs or Packers or whatever, such that for two generations of fans, any contending AL team could assume that they would have to go through the Yankees to win. Thus, even in the early season, a win against the Yankees counted "double" - a win for you, and a loss for the team you would almost certainly be fighting for the pennant at the end of the season, if you ever got that far. This concept was commonly understood, and players that seemed to play well or be lucky against the Yankees were considered especially valuable. I recall Frank Lary in particular in that regard, and his nickname was indeed "The Yankee Killer". Herostratus 03:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.