{"id":1951,"date":"2014-11-19T14:39:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T19:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appelpr.com\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2015-10-17T17:57:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T21:57:45","slug":"memories-dreams-warner-heilmann-medwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"Memories & Dreams<\/i> : Waner, Heilmann & Medwick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Waner<\/strong><\/a>
\nWhen Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit in 1942, he was the only player between Eddie Collins (1925) and Stan Musial (1958) to achieve that feat. It was a span of 33 years, and no one but Waner broke the barrier in all that time. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry Heilmann<\/a><\/strong>
\nOne of the first ballplayers to transition from the field to the broadcast booth was Detroit\u2019s Harry Heilmann, the four-time batting champion whose success at the plate came during an era when legendary hitters were dominant. more<\/a><\/p>\n

Plaque Check \/ Joe Medwick<\/strong><\/a>
\nHe was an occasional member of the makeshift Gas House Gang band, and presumably just as bad as the rest of them, but on a team of popular players with colorful nicknames, he managed to stand out. more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Waner When Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit in 1942, he was the only player between Eddie Collins (1925) and Stan Musial (1958) to achieve that feat. It was a span of 33 years, and no one but Waner… Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11,9],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-byline-marty-appel","tag-harry-heilmann","tag-joe-medwick","tag-paul-waner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4s5bl-vt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.appelpr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}