{"id":626,"date":"2006-08-04T15:45:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-04T15:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=626"},"modified":"2013-11-30T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T15:46:26","slug":"neverending-six-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"Neverending Six-Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88\" alt=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/6.gif\" width=\"27\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Backup catcher\u00a0<strong>Mike DiFelice<\/strong>\u00a0isn&#8217;t much of a player, and isn&#8217;t likely here for long, therefore fulfilling the two requirements of the men who wear the\u00a0<strong>No. 6\u00a0<\/strong>jersey,\u00a0<strong>Wally Backman<\/strong>notwithstanding. (Thanks to the several readers who wrote in to point out his uni number today). For the record, DiFelice becomes the 32nd guy to wear No. 6, which is remarkable considering the Mets have had 44 years to find a longtime tenant. It also extends 6&#8217;s lead for\u00a0<strong>most frequently issued\u00a0<\/strong>over\u00a0<strong>34,<\/strong>\u00a0which has been given out 30 times already but dealt a potentially hard blow with the recent\u00a0<strong>Mike Pelfrey<\/strong>\u00a0promotion. Coming on strong, much to the consternation of Met fans and certain of their broadcasters, is\u00a0<strong>17<\/strong>\u00a0(29 issues) continuing to be a questionable destination for bombs like\u00a0<strong>Dae Sung Koo and Jose Lima<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backup catcher\u00a0Mike DiFelice\u00a0isn&#8217;t much of a player, and isn&#8217;t likely here for long, therefore fulfilling the two requirements of the men who wear the\u00a0No. 6\u00a0jersey,\u00a0Wally Backmannotwithstanding. (Thanks to the several readers who wrote in to point out his uni number today). For the record, DiFelice becomes the 32nd guy to wear No. 6, which is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=626\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Neverending Six-Pack&#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":[1],"tags":[187,241,264],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mike-difelice","tag-mike-pelfrey","tag-wally-backman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","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=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}