{"id":2141,"date":"2018-10-24T08:18:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T04:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:18:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T04:18:52","slug":"fall-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"Fall Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game One of baseball’s World Series last night turned up pretty much everything I would have expected, for better or worse. The Red Sox won, 12 pitchers were used, and the game ended after midnight.<\/p>\n

Basically this is 2013 all over again. My only question going in was, “Who’s going to be the Ortiz this year?”<\/p>\n

Would you have guessed Eduardo Nunez?<\/p>\n

Yeah, that guy. Former Yankee hitting the first World Series pinch-hit home run since a certain Mr. Matsui in 2009. Broke the game open.<\/p>\n

Guess those reports about his being unable to play were a bit off.<\/p>\n

Said that about Gibson for Game One in ’88 as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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