{"id":464,"date":"2014-06-09T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T15:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2014-06-09T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T15:56:44","slug":"baseball-birthdays-june-ninth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: June ninth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Virdon was an outfielder and manager of note.<br \/>\nHe hit the ball that bounced up and hit Kubek in the throat.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Smalley was a a shortstop with the Cubs, the Braves and Phils.<br \/>\nHe had a shortstop son named Roy. It just gives me the chills.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Parker was a Pirate and a two-time batting champ.<br \/>\nHe played in those great days when Pittsburgh was a cocaine camp.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Winn switch hit and ran the bases with some flash.<br \/>\nIn college he played hoop. 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Roy Smalley was a a shortstop with the Cubs, the Braves and Phils. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=464\">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-464","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":463,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=463","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June eighth","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Van Lingle Mungo is the all-time baseball name. To me he'd be an all star if he never played a game. Dell Ennis was a menace. Yes, the guy could really hit. 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