{"id":1405,"date":"2007-03-24T16:50:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/great-finish\/"},"modified":"2007-03-24T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T22:10:29","slug":"great-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/great-finish","title":{"rendered":"Great finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a sports fan of any kind, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foulballs.net\/2007\/03\/holy-balls.html\" target=\"_blank\">just watch this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Deadspin!<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a sports fan of any kind, just watch this video. 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