{"id":379,"date":"2014-04-11T07:10:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T11:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2014-04-11T07:10:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T11:10:15","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-eleventh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April eleventh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Hearn pitched his best years for Giants, in the Polo Grounds.<br \/>\nHad two inside-the-park home runs, nine total, which astounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sid Monge pitched ten years relief. He came from Mexico.<br \/>\nHis best years were with Cleveland, where he had an awesome &#8216;fro.<\/p>\n<p>Bret Saberhagen, with the Royals, won two Cy&#8217;s, a no-no and a ring.<br \/>\nPitched best in odd-numbered years there, which, unto itself&#8217;s a curious thing.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Varitek, catcher, captain, helped the Red Sox break the &quot;curse.&quot;<br \/>\nCaught four no-hitters and in plate collisions seldom came out worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Hearn pitched his best years for Giants, in the Polo Grounds. Had two inside-the-park home runs, nine total, which astounds. Sid Monge pitched ten years relief. He came from Mexico. His best years were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=379\">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-379","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":472,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=472","url_meta":{"origin":379,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June fourteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Don Newcombe pitched his best years for beloved Brooklyn Bums. Amongst the great souls of the game, he's as good as it comes. Herb Plews played for the Senators, the doormat of their day. 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