{"id":85,"date":"2013-11-06T19:43:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/?p=85"},"modified":"2013-11-06T19:43:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T00:43:31","slug":"curtis-granderson-shoots-and-scores-goal-to-earn-airline-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/2013\/11\/06\/curtis-granderson-shoots-and-scores-goal-to-earn-airline-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Granderson shoots and scores goal to earn airline ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86\" alt=\"grandersongoal\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/files\/2013\/11\/grandersongoal.png\" width=\"638\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/files\/2013\/11\/grandersongoal.png 638w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/files\/2013\/11\/grandersongoal-594x348.png 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/files\/2013\/11\/grandersongoal-593x347.png 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can not imagine that Curtis Granderson needs them but the outfielder snagged an airline ticket on Wednesday night but scoring a goal during &#8220;Shoot the Puck&#8221; prior to the Chicago Blackhawks game.<\/p>\n<p>Granderson, 32, is a native of Blue Island, IL and his presence in Chicago will only cause White Sox and Cubs fans to jump to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QQTZ7mq7wY\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Grandrson was given a qualifying offer by the New York Yankees worth $14.1 million today which he reportedly will consider as he weighs his options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely something you&#8217;ve got to think about and I appreciate the Yankees extending that offer to me,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/baseball\/yankees\/curtis-granderson-says-he-appreciates-yankees-offer-but-he-ll-weigh-his-options-1.6387351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Granderson said<\/a> Tuesday morning during an appearance on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You definitely got to continue to weigh all your options to see what&#8217;s the best fit for you,&#8221; Granderson continued. &#8220;You know, there are 29 other ballclubs out there and we&#8217;re now at a point where every team has the chance to be a contender here in the near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can not imagine that Curtis Granderson needs them but the outfielder snagged an airline ticket on Wednesday night but scoring a goal during &#8220;Shoot the Puck&#8221; prior to the Chicago Blackhawks game. Granderson, 32, is a native of Blue Island, IL and his presence in Chicago will only cause White Sox and Cubs fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[24,11,5],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-85","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-news","8":"category-nhl-top-story","9":"tag-curtis-granderson","10":"tag-front","11":"tag-nhl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}