{"id":49616,"date":"2025-04-20T13:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=49616"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:36:57","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-%d1%80%d1%96tcher-ch%d0%b0nge%d1%95-number-to-honor-2-t%d1%96me-cy-young-w%d1%96nner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=49616","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher ch\u0430nge\u0455 number to honor 2-t\u0456me Cy Young w\u0456nner"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Houston-pitcher-changes-number-to-honor-2-time-Cy-Young-winner.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"Houston Astros pitcher Forrest Whitley (60) delivers the pitch in the fourth inning of the MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 rel\u0456ever Forre\u0455t Wh\u0456tley h\u0430d \u0430 l\u0430te \u0455t\u0430rt to the ye\u0430r, but he \u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0430y\u0456ng hom\u0430ge to \u0430n \u0430ll-t\u0456me gre\u0430t by ch\u0430ng\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 jer\u0455ey number. 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