{"id":491,"date":"2014-06-30T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2014-06-30T10:30:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:30:38","slug":"baseball-birthdays-june-thirtieth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Birthdays: June thirtieth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Swoboda, Baltimore born, played right field for Mets.<br \/>\nHelped beat O&#8217;s in a series with a catch no one forgets.<\/p>\n<p>Bud Black pitched for fifteen years, won one ring with K.C.<br \/>\nHe manages the Padres now, succeeding Bruce Bochy.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Fernandez helped Jays to series win at short.<br \/>\nHe was perhaps the skinniest switch hitter in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett Anderson played the most games in Angel history.<br \/>\nHe won a series, Home Run Derby and the All-Star MVP.<br \/>\n30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Swoboda, Baltimore born, played right field for Mets. Helped beat O&#8217;s in a series with a catch no one forgets. Bud Black pitched for fifteen years, won one ring with K.C. He manages the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=491\">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-491","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":453,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=453","url_meta":{"origin":491,"position":0},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May thirty-first","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ray Washburn pitched nine years for Cards, helped them to series twice. 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