{"id":5445,"date":"2026-07-14T15:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:26:37","slug":"were-good-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5445","title":{"rendered":"We’re good luck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday night my son and I were in Salisbury, Maryland, to see the Delmarva Shorebirds take on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. (I swear both of those team names are real.) The Shorebirds are the single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, meaning Franklin and I have now completed the set as far as seeing Orioles farm teams. And damned if the Shorebirds didn\u2019t play like a double or triple-A team against some rookie league washouts, whipping the Cannon Ballers 8-0. It was Franklin\u2019s fourth win in a row, the third in three different states, and back-to-back shutouts!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Clearly a good luck charm wherever he goes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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