{"id":3569,"date":"2022-03-14T05:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T01:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2022-03-14T05:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T01:04:27","slug":"it-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"It worked!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew the moment I posted about a “baseball-less spring” the labor dispute would be settled and we’d be back in business. Even the loss of my beloved pitchers batting in the NL couldn’t ruin this feeling.<\/p>\n

I didn’t watch\u00a0all<\/em> 22 hours of Ken Burns’s\u00a0Baseball<\/em> over the weekend but I was damn close.<\/p>\n

And with the NCAA Tournament starting tomorrow I now place the NBA–so admired in Friday’s post–at number three<\/em> on my list of sports to watch in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

Love the embarrassment of riches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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