{"id":26107,"date":"2015-10-16T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=26107"},"modified":"2015-10-15T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T20:06:29","slug":"do-you-believe-in-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/do-you-believe-in-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you believe in miracles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=56305\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26119\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chicago-cubs-trivia.jpg?resize=266%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chicago cubs trivia\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chicago-cubs-trivia.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chicago-cubs-trivia.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>With the Cubs&#8217; pennant race, it becomes prudent for fairweather fans like myself to come out of a dozen years&#8217; hibernation to marvel at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chibarproject.com\/Reviews\/WrigleyField\/TopTwenty.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> what has happened<\/a> in the 107 years since they last won it all in 1908. \u00a0Here is the highlight reel:<\/p>\n<p>1) Both radio and TV were invented<br \/>\n2)\u00a0The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, and was re discovered<br \/>\n3)\u00a0The Ottoman Empire, the Austria-Hungary Empire, the Russian Empire, and Persia still existed.<br \/>\n4)\u00a0Oil was discovered in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>5) The start of World War I was still six years in the future.<\/p>\n<p>My only questions, if the prophecy did come true, A)How many people are calling in sick? \u00a0 and B)Will a newspaper actually print the headline &#8220;HELL FREEZES OVER&#8221;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Cubs&#8217; pennant race, it becomes prudent for fairweather fans like myself to come out of a dozen years&#8217; hibernation to marvel at what has happened in the 107 years since they last won it all in 1908. \u00a0Here is the highlight reel: 1) Both radio and TV were<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/do-you-believe-in-miracles\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-6N5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26107\/revisions\/26117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}