{"id":393,"date":"2014-04-22T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2014-04-22T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T13:54:22","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-twenty-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April twenty-second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mickey Vernon, two-time bat champ, played a slick first base,
\nLoved by Senators and fans, though often in last place.<\/p>\n

John Orsino was a catcher whose stats were so-so.
\nTen years after playing days he became a golf pro.<\/p>\n

David Clyde, whose career died of shoulder injury,
\nPitched just five years, a burned-out phenom now his legacy.<\/p>\n

Terry Francona played for five teams over ten seasons.
\nGained fame as Bosox manager, two series wins the reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mickey Vernon, two-time bat champ, played a slick first base, Loved by Senators and fans, though often in last place. John Orsino was a catcher whose stats were so-so. Ten years after playing days he … 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-393","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":360,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=360","url_meta":{"origin":393,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: March thirty-first","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Moose\" Stubing's cup of coffee was just five times at the plate. 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