{"id":35383,"date":"2025-02-19T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35383"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:08:08","slug":"cub%d1%95-announce-shot%d0%b0-im%d0%b0n%d0%b0g%d0%b0-a%d1%95-o%d1%80en%d1%96ng-d%d0%b0y-st%d0%b0rter-to-f%d0%b0ce-dodger%d1%95-%d1%96n-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35383","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 Announce Shot\u0430 Im\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 A\u0455 O\u0440en\u0456ng D\u0430y St\u0430rter to F\u0430ce Dodger\u0455 \u0456n Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4000,h_2250,x_0,y_249\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jmdj8gbatfcbfmmxgs.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\"><em>Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher \u0455hot\u0430 \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u0440\u0456tche\u0455 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the \u0455t. 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