{"id":5506,"date":"2026-09-02T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5506"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:06:11","slug":"you-always-see-something-new-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5506","title":{"rendered":"You always see something new, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 13-12 in what is being hailed as the &#8220;game of the year,&#8221; though I suppose I could also call it &#8220;a pretty bad team beating a <em>really<\/em> bad team.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funny thing is, the game was supposed to be a pitcher&#8217;s duel. It was reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes versus Logan Webb, owner of three straight All-Star Game nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was no pitcher&#8217;s duel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One strange play after another, 35 hits (yes, 35), a dozen walks, and the game ends on a throwing error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pitcher&#8217;s duels are overrated, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 13-12 in what is being hailed as the &#8220;game of the year,&#8221; though I suppose I could also call it &#8220;a pretty bad team beating a really bad team.&#8221; Either &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5506\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5507,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions\/5507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}