{"id":405,"date":"2014-05-03T05:11:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T09:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2014-05-03T05:11:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T09:11:15","slug":"baseball-birthdays-may-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: May third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eppa Rixey pitched twenty-one years as Phil and Red.<br \/>\nElected to the Hall, at last, then, one month later, dead.<\/p>\n<p>Red Ruffing pitched six years in Boston, often in the cellar.<br \/>\nHe then got traded to the Yanks, where his career was stellar.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Cannizzaro caught for thirteen years for six franchises.<br \/>\nWas on first Mets and Padres teams, otherwise no surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Davey Lopes raised Dodger hopes by stealing many bases.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s back there now as first base coach, but he&#8217;s worked many places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eppa Rixey pitched twenty-one years as Phil and Red. Elected to the Hall, at last, then, one month later, dead. Red Ruffing pitched six years in Boston, often in the cellar. He then got traded &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=405\">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-405","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":404,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=404","url_meta":{"origin":405,"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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