{"id":1185,"date":"2010-10-05T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2010-10-05T12:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:21:12","slug":"james-shields-and-rays-plotting-a-faith-based-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1185","title":{"rendered":"James Shields and Rays plotting a faith-based conspiracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shields.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1186\" title=\"Rays Twins Baseball\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shields-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shields-299x300.jpg 299w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shields-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shields.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>This has to be, without a doubt, one of the most ridiculous call-ins to a radio show that I have ever heard.\u00a0 The scary part is that <strong>Linda the Quaker<\/strong> is actually dead serious with her contention that <strong>James Shields<\/strong> is only pitching Game 2 of the ALDS because he is Jewish, and that the decision was made by the Rays\u2019 brass\u2026who is also Jewish?<\/p>\n<p>No, seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Her argument is that Shields is pitching in the playoffs for no other reason than the fact that he\u2019s Jewish (information that cannot be verified, anywhere). Furthermore, since the Rays owners are Jewish and, \u201cit\u2019s their faith, they support each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I really can\u2019t do the clip justice with my description; it really is that preposterous. Kudos to Steve Duemig at WDAE in Tampa for having the patience to talk with Linda, and not cave in to her child-like, backwoods ignorance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.clearchannel.com.edgesuite.net\/TAMPA-FL\/WDAE-AM\/2010-10-04%20--%20Linda%20the%20Quaker%20Lady.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&amp;MARKET=TAMPA-FL&amp;NG_FORMAT=&amp;SITE_ID=1124&amp;STATION_ID=WDAE-AM&amp;PCAST_AUTHOR=620_WDAE&amp;PCAST_CAT=Steve_Duemig&amp;PCAST_TITLE=Steve_Duemig_Podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has to be, without a doubt, one of the most ridiculous call-ins to a radio show that I have ever heard.\u00a0 The scary part is that Linda the Quaker is actually dead serious with her contention that James Shields is only pitching Game 2 of the ALDS because he is Jewish, and that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,11,13,14],"tags":[950,946,949,947,549,948],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}