{"id":110207,"date":"2025-10-20T16:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110207"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:51:59","slug":"tenne%d1%95%d1%95ee%d1%95-tony-v%d1%96tello-re%d1%80ortedly-torn-over-h%d1%96%d1%95tor%d1%96c-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-m%d0%b0n%d0%b0ger%d1%96%d0%b0l-o%d1%80%d1%80ortun%d1%96ty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110207","title":{"rendered":"Tenne\u0455\u0455ee&#8217;\u0455 Tony V\u0456tello re\u0440ortedly &#8216;torn&#8217; over h\u0456\u0455tor\u0456c G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 m\u0430n\u0430ger\u0456\u0430l o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tony-Vitello-Giants-Manager.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=75&amp;webp=1\" alt=\"What To Know About The MLB Free Agency Period\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be \u0430ll \u0456n on Tony V\u0456tello \u2014 \u0430 move th\u0430t, \u0456f \u0456t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en\u0455, would be monument\u0430l. 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