{"id":403,"date":"2014-05-01T03:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2014-05-01T03:46:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T07:46:08","slug":"baseball-birthdays-may-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: May first"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnny Berardino savored Cleveland’s forty-eight great victory,
\nThen went on to play soap opera doc for many seasons on t.v.<\/p>\n

"Zeke" Zarilla played Bosox outfield with Dom and Ted.
\nOnce "slud into third." At least that’s what ol’ Dizzy said.<\/p>\n

Roy Lee Jackson pitched for four teams in his playing days.
\nSo-so record, but once sang the anthem with the Jays.<\/p>\n

Ray Searage, a pitcher, played his first year with the Mets.
\nWent one-and-oh, and one-for-one at bat. Now place your bets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johnny Berardino savored Cleveland’s forty-eight great victory, Then went on to play soap opera doc for many seasons on t.v. "Zeke" Zarilla played Bosox outfield with Dom and Ted. Once "slud into third." At least … 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],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=404","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May second","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Eddie Collins' teams were series champions six times. 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