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John Cumberland had fifteen lifetime wins and not the best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=418\">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-418","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":464,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=464","url_meta":{"origin":418,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June ninth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Bill Virdon was an outfielder and manager of note. He hit the ball that bounced up and hit Kubek in the throat. Roy Smalley was a a shortstop with the Cubs, the Braves and Phils. 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