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Billy Williams had a sweet swing, mostly as a Cub.
\nThey never made the playoffs with him. Therein lies the rub.<\/p>\n

Dusty Baker managed twenty years and played nineteen.
\nWas in the on deck circle when Hank hit seven-fifteen.<\/p>\n

Lance Parrish was an all star catcher, mostly with Detroit.
\nNot only could he bash the ball, his fielding was adroit.<\/p>\n

Wade Boggs spent the eighties getting hits and eating chicken.
\nHe won five batting titles and enjoyed a lot of lickin’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Billy Williams had a sweet swing, mostly as a Cub. They never made the playoffs with him. Therein lies the rub. Dusty Baker managed twenty years and played nineteen. Was in the on deck circle … 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-473","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":242,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=242","url_meta":{"origin":473,"position":0},"title":"Peace Encore","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Give cheese some pants!\" The war is over, now that we all have guns. 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