{"id":398,"date":"2014-04-27T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T11:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2014-04-27T07:27:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T11:27:52","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-twenty-seventh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April twenty-seventh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rogers Hornsby twice won triple crowns and MVP’s.
\n"The Rajah’s" personality, however, failed to please.<\/p>\n

Enos Slaughter’s ‘mad dash’ home won Cards a series ring.
\nIn long career, he won three more, a "Country" king of bling.<\/p>\n

Willie Upshaw played first base for Jays and Cleveland, too.
\nHe’s all time home run leader whose last name begins with "U.’<\/p>\n

Chris Carpenter pitched good years for the Cards and won a Cy.
\nHe won two rings, but had to hang it up, an injured guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rogers Hornsby twice won triple crowns and MVP’s. "The Rajah’s" personality, however, failed to please. Enos Slaughter’s ‘mad dash’ home won Cards a series ring. In long career, he won three more, a "Country" king … 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-398","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":481,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=481","url_meta":{"origin":398,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June twenty-first","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Eddie Lopat had great success in one five-year chunk. 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