{"id":2404,"date":"2015-07-31T21:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T03:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2015-07-31T21:50:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T03:50:17","slug":"52-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"52 Pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=317777083&amp;topic_id=6479266&amp;width=400&amp;height=224&amp;property=mlb\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" frameborder=\"0\">Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><br \/>\nWell. How great was that?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/52.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/52.gif\" alt=\"52\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>This had to have been the wildest and most stressful Mets Trade Deadline ever (yes, and I was there in &#8217;77!) and these guys are still hanging in there. The latest as you know is that fake-traded emotional erstwhile utility infielder <strong>Wilmer Flores<\/strong> just made the Nationals cry, and they&#8217;re about to face a Met lineup bolstered by newly acquired slugger <strong>Yoenis Cespedes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cespedes is expected\u00a0to take his customary No. 52 &#8212; his digits in all three of his first stops so far in a whirlwind tour of the Majors &#8212; while <strong>Carlos Torres<\/strong>, Friday&#8217;s deserving winning pitcher, is set to become the first ever wearer of the 72 jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/72.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-158 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/72.gif\" alt=\"72\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Torres departs as the third and by far most distinguished member of the 52 Club: His predecessors are <strong>Tony Clark<\/strong> (following his switch from 00 in 2003) and forgettable reliever <strong>Ramon Ramirez<\/strong>, who was acquired in Sandy Alderson&#8217;s worst trade. Tonight, that seems like a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support iframes. Well. How great was that? This had to have been the wildest and most stressful Mets Trade Deadline ever (yes, and I was there in &#8217;77!) and these guys are still hanging in there. The latest as you know is that fake-traded emotional erstwhile utility infielder Wilmer Flores just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2404\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;52 Pickup&#8221;<\/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":[626],"tags":[682,570,642,700],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-useless-milestones","tag-carlos-torres","tag-ramon-ramirez","tag-wilmer-flores","tag-yoenis-cespedes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}