{"id":465,"date":"2014-06-10T08:26:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T12:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=465"},"modified":"2014-06-10T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:10:07","slug":"baseball-birthdays-june-tenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: June tenth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Singleton does Yanks t.v., but broke in with the Mets.
\nHe won a ring with Orioles, lest anyone forgets.<\/p>\n

Elias Sosa played twelve years and pitched six hundred games.
\nThen threw for St. Pete Pelicans, one of the better names.<\/p>\n

Floyd Bannister had super stuff, but his career just died.
\nGave up too many dingers ‘cuz he wouldn’t pitch inside.<\/p>\n

Rick Camp had fifty-six wins in his ten years with the Braves.
\nWho’d think a guy that homely could have fifty-seven saves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Singleton does Yanks t.v., but broke in with the Mets. He won a ring with Orioles, lest anyone forgets. Elias Sosa played twelve years and pitched six hundred games. Then threw for St. Pete … 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-465","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":417,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=417","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May ninth","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Billy Jurges, good field shortstop, then manager, coach and scout, Once was shot by jealous girlfriend, attempting to take him out. Floyd Robinson played outfield under Al Lopez for the pale hose. Went six-for-six in his third year. No at-bats could compare to those. 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