{"id":6451,"date":"2014-02-19T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2014-02-19T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T17:03:56","slug":"braves-pitcher-kris-medlen-shaves-head-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/02\/19\/braves-pitcher-kris-medlen-shaves-head-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves pitcher Kris Medlen shaves head for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6452\" alt=\"medlenhair\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/medlenhair.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/medlenhair.jpg 600w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/medlenhair-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kris Medlen shaved his head today for charity.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves pitcher did the job for the &#8216;Medlen for Rally Foundation&#8217; which goes to fight cancer. Here are some photos of the event reported by David O&#8217;Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> Medlen about to get his head shaved for a good cause, to fight cancer <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/grfIdKPv5f\">pic.twitter.com\/grfIdKPv5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David O&#8217;Brien (@ajcbraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajcbraves\/statuses\/436129784402554880\">February 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> Medlen about to get his head shaved for a good cause, to fight cancer <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/grfIdKPv5f\">pic.twitter.com\/grfIdKPv5f<\/a> \u2014 David O&#8217;Brien (@ajcbraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajcbraves\/statuses\/436129784402554880\">February 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> Medlen joked that he felt &#8220;like Smoltzy&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9DVGmBCEyk\">pic.twitter.com\/9DVGmBCEyk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David O&#8217;Brien (@ajcbraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajcbraves\/statuses\/436136475458277377\">February 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He now has less hair than his son.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> Medlen with son Max <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/X2PXsd9wJD\">pic.twitter.com\/X2PXsd9wJD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David O&#8217;Brien (@ajcbraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajcbraves\/statuses\/436135728993820672\">February 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kris Medlen shaved his head today for charity. The Braves pitcher did the job for the &#8216;Medlen for Rally Foundation&#8217; which goes to fight cancer. 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