A fact from Larry Herndon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Larry Herndon, baseball rookie of the year in 1977, hit a game-winning home run in the 1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the 1987 season?
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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 01:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
... that Larry Herndon, baseball rookie of the year in 1977, hit a game-winning home run in the 1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the 1987 season? Source: This for rookie of the year. This for the game-winning HR in 1984 World Series game. This for the playoff-clinching home run in 1987.
5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:24, 20 August 2022 (UTC).Reply
New enough and large enough expansion. QPQ present. No textual issues and quite an interesting hook which checks out. (Especially that we're only now 5xing this!) Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
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New enough and large enough expansion. QPQ present. No textual issues and quite an interesting hook which checks out. (Especially that we're only now 5xing this!) Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)