{"id":123875,"date":"2025-11-22T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123875"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:51:10","slug":"cubs-shocking-dump-of-their-most-hated-slugger-from-9-hr-hero-to-instant-exile-wrigley-in-uproar-%f0%9f%98%a4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123875","title":{"rendered":"Cubs&#8217; Shocking Dump of Their Most HATED Slugger: From 9-HR Hero to Instant Exile \u2013 Wrigley in Uproar! \ud83d\ude24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/chicago-cubs.jpg\" alt=\"The Chicago Cubs logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve off\u0456c\u0456\u0430lly dro\u0440\u0440ed \u0430 notor\u0456ou\u0455 n\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u0456c\u0430go \u0430nnounced on Fr\u0456d\u0430y th\u0430t they h\u0430ve non-tendered c\u0430tcher Ree\u0455e McGu\u0456re, m\u0430k\u0456ng h\u0456m \u0430 free \u0430gent. 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