{"id":842,"date":"2007-09-30T23:57:12","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T04:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=842"},"modified":"2007-09-30T23:57:12","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T04:57:12","slug":"ninth-of-a-dozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=842","title":{"rendered":"ninth of a dozen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the implosion of my Mets, as they went from first place in the division to not making the playoffs, to the final game for the Nationals at RFK, I don&#8217;t think this shot could have been anything but baseball.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/1465637701\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1107\/1465637701_40145317cc.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Mets vs. Nationals at RFK in the Top of the Fifth\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our final game in our regular seats at RFK was Sept. 19, the concluding game in the last Mets-Nationals series in the stadium. 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