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Pocoroba was the designated catcher for Phil Neikro, who had a knuckleball that at times was equally unhittable and uncatchable. Some mention should be made of that, since the article points out that he led the league in PBs multiple times. Taterbill ( talk) 18:23, 29 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taterbill ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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According to Pocoroba's player pages on MLB.com, Baseball-Reference, and the baseball stat research website SABR.org, his actual first name is Biff and Benedict is his middle name. I wasn't able to find a source or an edit summary from User:UnhappyCanuck, who made these changes yesterday, showing how these reliable sources got it wrong. The infobox, the first words in the article, and the first words in the "Early life" section all should refer to him as Biff Pocoroba or Biff Benedict Pocoroba without nickname-denoting quotation marks. 108.73.104.136 ( talk) 22:36, 31 May 2020 (UTC)