{"id":482,"date":"2014-06-22T08:11:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T12:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2014-06-22T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T12:11:57","slug":"baseball-birthdays-june-twenty-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: June twenty-second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Hubbell was a lifelong Giant, twice MVP, too.<br \/>\nSixteen years of scroogies made his left arm a corkscrew.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Hodges played twelve years with Mets. He grew up in the sticks.<br \/>\nThe total of the games he played was (gasp) six-sixty-six.<\/p>\n<p>Esteban Yan for twelve years was quite a travellin&#8217; man.<br \/>\nHe pitched for seven M.L. teams, Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Kinsler, Rangers thirty-thirty second sacker,<br \/>\nJust got traded to the Tigers for a home run hacker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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