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José Bautista's bat flip

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Unnecessary content fork. A bat flip is a relatively common baseball “move.” This play is not independently notable and is already sufficiently covered in Bat flip#José Bautista bat flip Frank Anchor 18:57, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This was previously nominated for deletion in June 2022 as part of a group nomination and closed as a procedural keep due to varying levels of notability between pages within the group.Frank Anchor 18:57, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Frank Anchor 19:03, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
• Delete unnecessary content fork that includes much WP:COATRACK material. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:09, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
• Keep or Redirect - Not all but enough of the texts cited in the article talk specifically about José Bautista's bat flip that it constitutes WP:SIGCOV of this specific event and not just bat flips in general. The contents of this article definitely have grounds to be kept as far as notability is concerned, either as this article being kept, or merged and redirected to Bat flip#José Bautista bat flip. Diffidently don't delete tho.--PiccklePiclePikel (talk) 19:28, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
• Strong keep This was one of the seminal moments in Blue Jays history, and has entire chapter devoted to it in "100 Things Blue Jays Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" by Steve Clarke. Also widely discussed in Toronto media, including this recent article, [1] and this [2]. Oaktree b (talk) 19:55, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

• Both of these pages are WP:ROUTINE coverage and only make one passing mention of Bautista's bat flip in the body of the article. Further, being a "seminal moment" in franchise history (based on the opinion of one person) is not justification to keep an article. Frank Anchor 20:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

  It's still discussed a decade later is proof of notability, comparing other things to it as in those articles. Also has a chapter in the book as described. Also discussed in Sports Illustrated, [3], a discussion about how important it was to the player here [4], the bat itself was sold at auction [5], as was the ball [6]. It's been covered from multiple angles in Canadian media outlets for the last decade, should meet GNG. It's also been discussed in scholarly journals [7],[8], in fields from theology to theatre review. May only be trivial mentions, but help to show how the event has become part of Canadian pop culture. Oaktree b (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2022 (UTC)