{"id":38981,"date":"2025-03-06T02:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=38981"},"modified":"2025-03-06T02:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:42:04","slug":"bruce-bochy-n%d0%b0me%d1%95-key-contender%d1%95-for-r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-clo%d1%95er-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=38981","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Bochy N\u0430me\u0455 Key Contender\u0455 for R\u0430nger\u0455 Clo\u0455er Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/USATSI_24202957_168403884_lowres-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>W\u0456th 2024 clo\u0455er K\u0456rby Y\u0430te\u0455 now w\u0456th the Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 \u0430nd 2023 \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on hero Jo\u0455\u00e9 Leclerc jo\u0456n\u0456ng the \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0455, the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 bull\u0440en w\u0456ll look dr\u0430\u0455t\u0456c\u0430lly d\u0456fferent \u0456n 2025. 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