Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Cates
He may fail the fully-professional requirement of , but I believe that Cates passes the |GNG with his other claims to notability.  In particular, being the smallest Division 1 baseball player (incidentally, in many sports playing in NCAA Division 1 is considered to satisfy  as "the highest amateur level of a sport") and the shortest player in pro baseball.  The fact that this is documented with independent news stories (rather than just stats sites) further demonstrates a pass of the GNG.  He's been featured in ''Sports Illustrated'' http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/04/11/tale_tape0418/index.html.  He's been on CSTV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvTKUDzE6c&feature=fvsr.  He was interviewed on ESPN First Take http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3433976&categoryid=2378529.  Whether or not he meets  he's been featured all over the media; that satisfies the GNG (even if the attention is just because of its height
— User:Cool3, 04:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)