{"id":547782,"date":"2015-12-03T07:55:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T12:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offthebenchbaseball.com\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2015-12-03T07:55:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T12:55:32","slug":"very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even more exciting than pitchers and catchers reporting, we\u2019re back with more baseball Hall of Fame analysis!<\/p>\n

Ken Griffey Jr.:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hat he will wear on his plaque: Mariners, in his signature tucked-between-his-chin-an-neck style<\/p>\n

Best stat: .5 nShares, (.5 name shares in MLB history, tied with his dad)<\/p>\n

Favorite California Hamburger Joint: “Honestly, anything but Carl’s Jr! I get it! My name is Junior thus I should like Carl’s Jr! I AM NOT MY FATHER!!!!!!!! PULL OVER DAD, I NEED TO CRY!!!!!!!!”<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cWe are going to Carl’s Jr and you\u2019re going to like it!\u201d Ken Griffey Sr. on his son\u2019s choice of going to anywhere but Carl’s Jr. and they are not pulling the car around because they\u2019ve already made it this far, dammit.<\/p>\n

Ken Griffey Jr. was known for being young then he was known for being old. In a way, he is just like everyone. Except dead young musicians. Anyway, \u201cJunior\u201d or \u201cGriffey\u201d or \u201cKenneth\u201d or \u201cGriffey Jr\u201d or \u201cKen Griffey Jr\u201d or \u201cKen Griffey Sr\u201d or \u201cJeff Bagwell,\u201d whatever nickname you had for him he was one of the most popular baseball players of all time and a proud face of baseball for years. Ken Griffey Junior is great and Ken Griffey Junior for president.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame?: \u2026..oh oops, I already used my ten votes. Eh, who cares? I\u2019ll just write the names in smaller font. HE\u2019S IN!<\/p>\n

Mark Grudzielanek:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hat he will wear on his plaque: Duke Snider\u2019s Dodgers hat<\/p>\n

Best stat: 35,388 AAPGP (35,388 attendance added per game played)<\/p>\n

All-Star starts: 52, played in every one in every year of his professional career for both AL and NL squads, has been awarded an honorary roster spot on both teams every year since retiring and keeps that through death<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cMy god Mark, you are popular.\u201d \u2013 everyone<\/p>\n

If anyone thought Ken Griffey Junior, was popular, that was nothing compared to\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Sensational Superstar who Is The Most Perfect and Most Well-known Person in the Whole Galaxy and All of Our Heroes as he is The Greatest Baseball Player We Have Had the Privilege to Lay Eyes On!\u201d as Mark Grudzeilaneck was known. \u00a0Or \u201cThe Most Perfect and Most Well-known Person,\u201d for short. Grundelanik (it\u2019s getting harder to spell from memory) was internationally famous for bringing baseball to each of the 193 countries in the United Nations and making it the most popular sport in each country. Every non-English speaking country calls it \u201cGrud-ball\u201d or a derivative of that. Graendzuhlanik was the baseball celebrity, his face adorned The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Budapest Daily, and every major worldwide newspaper every single day showing his batting line and fielding statistics. His AAPGP was so astronomical – 35,388! \u2013 that over 35,000 people would enter the stadium per game just to see him play! You can see this is well over the MLB capacity for most stadiums and it became a nightmare for people getting stampeded to death just to see Grndzlnk play. Even if he wasn\u2019t in the game, as soon as he pinch-hit 35,388 people would rush into the stadium, causing another catastrophic stampede. The US population actually tripled once he stopped playing baseball as people stopped spending so much time at the ball park. Mark Grndlanekskshdjwenffyelanik was the most popular baseball player and is the most recognizable person on the planet. Everyone thinks that on Mount Rushmore one of the presidents is Theodore Roosevelt, but no. It\u2019s Mark Gruondzelanyek. It\u2019s Mark Grundzalongyek.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame?: The people would riot if he wasn\u2019t on the ballot<\/p>\n

Mike Hampton:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hat he would wear on plaque: Colorado Rockies football helmet memorabilia item<\/p>\n

Best stat: July 14, 1998: 458 consecutive pickoff attempts without throwing a pitch<\/p>\n

Type of pitcher: belly-itcher<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cMike Hampton: one of the underrated greats.\u201d \u2013 Mike Hampton<\/p>\n

I just looked at his stats and apparently Mike Hampton played for Houston far longer than Colorado. Go figure!<\/p>\n

In baseball, pitchers don\u2019t know how to hit or they don\u2019t. Mike Hampton was a horrible pitcher in terms of not being able to not hit. He hit .344 one year and hit 7 home runs the year before! Those numbers are good enough to be the 2 billionth best power hitter in the steroid era. Mike Hampton succeeded in other non-pitching measures too, like stealing a league-high 28 bases in 2005 (Editor’s Note: Nope), being a successful Texans fullback for a good six seasons, and discovering a mathematical phenomenon known as the Zhang Twin Prime Conjecture. Mike Hampton could also slay the guitar! That factoid will get on the plaque.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame? NO NO-HITTERS? NO NO HALL-OF-FAME!<\/p>\n

Trevor Hoffman:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hat he will wear on his plaque: 28 of his 1,035 games were with the Marlins so he\u2019s wearing a Marlins cap<\/p>\n

Best stat: 652 – Mariano Rivera\u2019s saves<\/p>\n

Pitching position: end-game man<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cYou\u2019re out, mommy!\u201d \u2013 Trevor Hoffman during his nightmares<\/p>\n

Trevor Hoffman is first of all known for being the only Trevor to ever succeed at his field. He was also a baseball pitcher and known as one of the greats of the late 1990\u2019s and early 2000\u2019s \u2013 hold on. Trevor Hoffman only had 3 career holds? That is horrible for someone who is claiming to be one of the best relievers. Wait, he never threw a complete game? He barely pitched at all! Are you kidding me? 58 intentional walks! He should just get those guys out, not put them on! And he played for the Padres? I\u2019ve never heard of that team! Bench him!<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame?: I DON\u2019T MEAN TO BE POLITICAL BUT RELIEVERS AND DH\u2019S SHOULD OBVISOULY GET IN<\/p>\n

Jason Kendall:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hat he will enter hall in: whatever hat he\u2019s wearing the day they make his plaque, probably<\/p>\n

Best stat: .288 career batting average \u2013 seems pretty good<\/p>\n

Is he Andrew McCutchen?: He is not Andrew McCutchen<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cOh baby you! You got what I need! And you say he\u2019s just a friend. And you say he\u2019s just a friend!\u201d \u2013 Jason Kendall sang along to this song once<\/p>\n

Jason Kendall is a baseball player, like everyone else in the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Next week: Kent, Lowell, Martinez (not the good one!), McGriff and McGwire! Mc and Mc!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

-Jason Weitzman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even more exciting than pitchers and catchers reporting, we\u2019re back with more baseball Hall of Fame analysis! Ken Griffey Jr.:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":563973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVery Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3 - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\"},\"wordCount\":1054,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\",\"name\":\"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3 - The Sports Daily\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Sports Daily\",\"description\":\"Sports News | Rumors | Videos | Highlights | Opinion | More\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Sports Daily\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":52,\"caption\":\"The Sports Daily\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdailytsd\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\",\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Alan Draper\"},\"description\":\"Alan is a vastly experienced sports and gambling writer who is the Chief Editor of The Sports Daily.\",\"sameAs\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/author\/aland\/\",\"jobTitle\":\"Sports Editor\",\"email\":\"\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3 - The Sports Daily","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3","og_url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/","og_site_name":"The Sports Daily","article_published_time":"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alan Draper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdailytsd","twitter_site":"@sportsdailytsd","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Draper","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Draper","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5"},"headline":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3","datePublished":"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/"},"wordCount":1054,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg","articleSection":["Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/","name":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3 - The Sports Daily","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-03T12:55:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0685.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/very-seriously-considering-the-2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-seriously-part-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Very Seriously Considering the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot Seriously. Part 3"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/","name":"The Sports Daily","description":"Sports News | Rumors | Videos | Highlights | Opinion | More","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization","name":"The Sports Daily","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png","width":300,"height":52,"caption":"The Sports Daily"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdailytsd"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5","name":"Alan Draper","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg","caption":"Alan Draper"},"description":"Alan is a vastly experienced sports and gambling writer who is the Chief Editor of The Sports Daily.","sameAs":["","","","",""],"url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/author\/aland\/","jobTitle":"Sports Editor","email":"","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":""}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}