{"id":108,"date":"2008-02-28T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=108"},"modified":"2008-02-28T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T16:57:00","slug":"headliner-ryan-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2008\/02\/28\/headliner-ryan-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Headliner Ryan Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the trade of Milledge for Church and Schneider has become a minor deal behind the acquisition of Johan Santana, I think we need to think back and remember how good the deal was for New York headline writers.  Lastings Milledge has a unique name, but nothing can parallel the headlines the papers can write with Church. <br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/R8bqq-HmNlI\/AAAAAAAAAtM\/8xQuXuDik0I\/s1600-h\/goingtochurch.jpg\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/R8bqq-HmNlI\/AAAAAAAAAtM\/8xQuXuDik0I\/s400\/goingtochurch.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172079246031861330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>If Church has a good day at the plate or a key hit, we could be &#8216;blessed&#8217; with headlines like,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurch is in session!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Savior!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHallelujah!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurch Crusading for All-Star Team\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Church is quoted saying something notable, we could get something more like,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurch Sermon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sermon on the Mound\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or if Ryan makes a play at the wall on a fly ball,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThou Shall Not Homer\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe whether the Yankees or Mets get more back cover stories is not dependent on the teams at all, but who can think up the most headlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the trade of Milledge for Church and Schneider has become a minor deal behind the acquisition of Johan Santana, I think we need to think back and remember how good the deal was for New York headline writers. Lastings Milledge has a unique name, but nothing can parallel the headlines the papers can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2008\/02\/28\/headliner-ryan-church\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Headliner Ryan Church&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[350,348,2964,346,347,305,349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}