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Played fifteen years and, though no star, his stats do not embarrass. Lee Mazzilli homered in his first All Star at-bat. He had such lovely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=354\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":675,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=675","url_meta":{"origin":354,"position":0},"title":"Salivating Understudy","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"He wants to play your part. He knows your lines by heart. He's got your moves all down. 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