{"id":381,"date":"2014-04-13T07:31:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T11:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2014-04-13T07:31:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T11:31:17","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-thirteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April thirteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Stephenson played ten years but not many know his name.<br \/>\nHe pinch hit the last out in Jim Bunning&#8217;s perfect game.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bittiger won just four games, an unimpressive stat.<br \/>\nHe did, however, hit a homer in his first at bat.<\/p>\n<p>Wes Chamberlain got into one World Series as a Phil.<br \/>\nGot traded to the Red Sox when he was over the hill.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Strange is strange in that he went ten years with little trace.<br \/>\nThough in the field it could be said he played most every place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Stephenson played ten years but not many know his name. He pinch hit the last out in Jim Bunning&#8217;s perfect game. Jeff Bittiger won just four games, an unimpressive stat. He did, however, hit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=381\">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-381","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":377,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=377","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: April ninth","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Hippo Vaughn won twenty games five times for Cubs in 'toddlin' town,' His best in nineteen-eighteen, snaring N.L. pitching triple crown. Nate Colbert played for nine straight last place teams in his day. But, in one doubleheader, hit five homers as Padre. Hal Morris had a strange stance but was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":408,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=408","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":1},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May fourth","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Epstein got his ring with Oakland A's, seventy-two. Quite often hit by pitches, he was nicknamed \"Super Jew.\" Rene Lachemann was a catcher who went on to manage. First skipper of Marlins, which was not to his advantage. 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Bill Robinson played sixteen years and got one series ring.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":353,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=353","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":4},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-fourth","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"George Sisler's Hall of Fame cred is his most hits in a season. He also hit four-twenty if you need another reason. Jesus Alou played fifteen years but seldom took it deep. The main complaint was that he ain't no Matty or Felipe. 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