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The result was delete. Wifione ^Message 09:57, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The first half of this article, about some variant of baseball, has no secondary sources linked and makes no assertion of notability, i.e. who plays this game, its history, etc. Seems like a case of WP:Wikipedia_is_not_for_things_made_up_one_day, and in fact the third link off Google strongly indicates this. The second half of this article is a completely unrelated discussion about domed Major League stadiums. Thunderbunny (talk) 05:14, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 08:51, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Google searches show that real arena baseball games are sometimes played, mainly for kids. However the expression is almost always used about major league games played in a dome, mostly in a derogatory way. There does not seem to be enough information on the real games to write an article, and the other use would not be encyclopedic. Better redirect to "Domed stadium" or whatever. Borock (talk) 09:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Arena baseball actually wasn't made up one day, as the Red Sox and the Dodgers played an exhibition game in a small stadium where the foul pole was only at 201 feet. It was dubbed 'Arena Baseball'.[1] But, yeah, I don't think it's notable really. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 14:28, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Well, yes and no. The article (the first part, anyway) is about a specific variant of baseball, not just simply baseball played in small, enclosed spaces. I doubt the Red Sox/Dodgers game you described involved a rubber ball, had the bases 60 feet apart, or had infielders throwing the ball at runners to get them out. Thunderbunny (talk) 06:57, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete non-notable. All that talk about domed stadiums seems like coatracking to me. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:06, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Is there any history to this game? Or is it just a hypothetical like you would play in a school P.E. class? If not, delete. Go Phightins! (talk) 21:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete the article is about two completely separate things, each of which might potentially be an article, but this is neither. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:21, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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