{"id":6527,"date":"2014-08-08T19:27:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T01:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2020-12-30T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T21:45:49","slug":"bring-back-the-cub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/bring-back-the-cub\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Back The Cub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Buh0Q-NCEAAyH2x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6528\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Buh0Q-NCEAAyH2x.jpg\" alt=\"Buh0Q-NCEAAyH2x\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Buh0Q-NCEAAyH2x.jpg 600w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Buh0Q-NCEAAyH2x-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The Cubs returned home with rookie sensation Javy Baez today, and to mark the occasion, the grounds crew put a new design in center field for his Wrigley Field debut. \u00a0The cub head that was part of the Cubs jersey from 1979-1993 had reappeared, cut in to the grass in the outfield. \u00a0Which begs the question, why isn&#8217;t it still on the jersey? \u00a0It was replaced in 1994 by an angrier version for 3 years, and then the walking bear logo that the team uses today. \u00a0I think it would be a huge upgrade to switch back.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Javy Baez, its good to see Cub fans have not overreacted to the arrival of the first of the so-called &#8220;Core Four&#8221;. \u00a0By which, I mean, of course they have. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think the Catholic church would react this strongly to the return of Jesus Christ. \u00a0Throughout his minor league career, Baez has struggled when he was first called up to a new level. \u00a0There will be a little more pressure on him now that he is expected to be the savior, at least until the next rookie is called up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cubs returned home with rookie sensation Javy Baez today, and to mark the occasion, the grounds crew put a new design in center field for his Wrigley Field debut. \u00a0The cub head that was part of the Cubs jersey from 1979-1993 had reappeared, cut in to the grass in the outfield. \u00a0Which begs the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5034,120,4947,595],"class_list":["post-6527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-core-four","tag-cubs","tag-javier-baez","tag-wrigley-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6529,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions\/6529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}