{"id":570152,"date":"2005-04-03T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanhenning.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2005-04-03T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-03T19:24:00","slug":"happy-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/happy-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Opening Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Originally posted on Is It Sports? 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