{"id":424,"date":"2014-05-14T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2014-05-14T07:42:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T11:42:15","slug":"baseball-birthdays-may-fourteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: May fourteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earle Combs was leadoff hitter for the Yanks’ murderers’ row.
\nHe played eleven years, replaced by Joe DiMaggio.<\/p>\n

Dick Howser played and managed for the Yankees and K.C.
\nHe guided Royals over Cards to series victory.<\/p>\n

Tony Perez was the "Big Dog" in the Reds Machine.
\nAmongst its gnashing cogs he seemed to always be serene.<\/p>\n

Roy Halladay, hard throwing "Doc," could pitch without fatigue.
\nHe had two rings, a perfect game and won Cy’s in each league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earle Combs was leadoff hitter for the Yanks’ murderers’ row. He played eleven years, replaced by Joe DiMaggio. Dick Howser played and managed for the Yankees and K.C. He guided Royals over Cards to series … 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-424","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":424,"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. Once was with the \"Black Sox,\" but he was absolved of crimes. Eddie Bressoud played both coasts for Giants, then back east, Traded to the Red Sox for Don Buddin, fielding beast. Gates Brown played thirteen years with Tigers, famous for pinch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":408,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=408","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":1},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May fourth","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Epstein got his ring with Oakland A's, seventy-two. Quite often hit by pitches, he was nicknamed \"Super Jew.\" Rene Lachemann was a catcher who went on to manage. First skipper of Marlins, which was not to his advantage. Ken Oberkfell, known best as bearded infielder with Cards, Won one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":464,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=464","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":2},"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. He had a shortstop son named Roy. It just gives me the chills. Dave Parker\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":470,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=470","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":3},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June twelfth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Scott Aldred pitched for six teams 'til arm troubles did him in. One season played forty-eight games without a loss or win, Damon Buford played at USC, just like his dad. In the majors didn't have success that dad, Don, had. Ryan Klesco often unleashed an enormous swing. Three series\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":477,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=477","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":4},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June seventeenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Willard Nixon spent nine years upon the Red Sox hill. Turned out it was only Yankees that the righty'd kill. Dave Concepcion played nineteen years for Reds at short. He was a cog in the Machine that one time ruled the sport. Joe Charboneau played great his rookie year, then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":482,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=482","url_meta":{"origin":424,"position":5},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June twenty-second","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Carl Hubbell was a lifelong Giant, twice MVP, too. Sixteen years of scroogies made his left arm a corkscrew. Ron Hodges played twelve years with Mets. He grew up in the sticks. The total of the games he played was (gasp) six-sixty-six. Esteban Yan for twelve years was quite a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}