{"id":401,"date":"2014-04-29T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2014-04-29T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T12:00:08","slug":"baseball-birthdays-april-twenty-ninth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: April twenty-ninth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Charles, while with the K.C. A&#8217;s, had quite a rookie year.<br \/>\nBut playing third for sixty-nine Mets capped off his career.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Aparicio, best shortstop of his day,<br \/>\nWon gold gloves and one series ring, from Venezuela way.<\/p>\n<p>Tom House, bespectacled reliever, known more for his coaching tips than saves,<br \/>\nCaught Hank Aaron&#8217;s record homer, standing in the bullpen for the Braves.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Washington, in seven years, has guided Rangers to the series twice.<br \/>\nEmotional, the manager admits once having cocaine as a vice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Charles, while with the K.C. A&#8217;s, had quite a rookie year. But playing third for sixty-nine Mets capped off his career. Luis Aparicio, best shortstop of his day, Won gold gloves and one series &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=401\">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-401","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":401,"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. Helped beat O's in a series with a catch no one forgets. 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