{"id":3671,"date":"2002-10-09T11:37:21","date_gmt":"2002-10-09T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2002-10-09T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2002-10-09T16:37:21","slug":"one_of_the_few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/09\/one_of_the_few.html","title":{"rendered":"One of the few sports posts you&#8217;ll ever see here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really don&#8217;t like baseball.  And I even find it hard to get enthused during those years when the Rockies are in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>And I really should be rooting for, if anyone, the Anaheim Angels.<\/p>\n<p>But given that MLB was going to pull the plug on them before this season ever started, I would so love to see <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsnetwork.com\/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&#038;page=mlb\/news\/AAN2263825.htm\">the Minnesota Twins<\/a> take the Penant and the Series this year.  I would <i>love <\/i>to see it.  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