{"id":427,"date":"2014-05-15T08:15:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2014-05-15T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T12:15:11","slug":"baseball-birthdays-may-fifteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: May fifteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill North’s speed and defense helped the A’s win back-to-back, son,
\nDespite famous clubhouse fight with Mister Reggie Jackson.<\/p>\n

George Brett, a lifelong Royal, thirteen times took All Star stage.
\nToday, the Hall-of-Famer’s known most for his pine tar rage.<\/p>\n

John Smoltz pitched twenty years for Braves, part of a great rotation.
\nNow spends his time in broadcast booths, awaiting Hall citation.<\/p>\n

Justin Morneau, Twins first baseman, came down from B.C.
\nFirst Canadian to win an A.L. MVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bill North’s speed and defense helped the A’s win back-to-back, son, Despite famous clubhouse fight with Mister Reggie Jackson. George Brett, a lifelong Royal, thirteen times took All Star stage. Today, the Hall-of-Famer’s known most … 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-427","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":460,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=460","url_meta":{"origin":427,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June fifth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Jack Chesbro is in the Hall, some say for the wrong reason. \"Happy\" may have got the nod for forty-one win season. Eddie Joost, a shortstop, played for Boston Braves and Sox. Known mostly for his fielding, though he drew a lot of walks. 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