{"id":918,"date":"2006-04-17T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T23:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-umpire-slayer\/"},"modified":"2006-04-17T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2006-04-17T23:20:21","slug":"the-umpire-slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-umpire-slayer","title":{"rendered":"The Umpire Slayer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a player on the Cubs named Angel Pagan<\/a>. I think there’s also an episode of Buffy with that title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a player on the Cubs named Angel Pagan. 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