{"id":390,"date":"2014-04-19T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2014-04-19T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T14:04:49","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-nineteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April nineteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to series victory.<br \/>\nIn thirty-nine, he was sublime, the N.L. MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Craft played until service called in forty-two.<br \/>\nBecame first manager of Colts and, later, Astros, too.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Miller broke in with the Sox and then came back again.<br \/>\nBut center field was given to a kid named Freddie Lynn.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Viola, with the Twins, won series MVP.<br \/>\nAnd next year won Cy Young award, a crafty lefty he.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to series victory. In thirty-nine, he was sublime, the N.L. MVP. Harry Craft played until service called in forty-two. Became first manager of Colts and, later, Astros, too. Rick Miller &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=390\">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-390","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":491,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=491","url_meta":{"origin":390,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June thirtieth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ron Swoboda, Baltimore born, played right field for Mets. 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