{"id":191443,"date":"2025-04-18T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/baseball-bbq-forkballers-three-peat\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:08:40","slug":"baseball-bbq-forkballers-three-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=191443","title":{"rendered":"Baseball BBQ Forkballers Three-Peat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n        <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-fragment=\"1\">In the majors, it was a first Fall Classic win for the Texas Rangers, but the guys behind Baseball BBQ made it three in a row at the Men\u2019s Senior Baseball League World Series. \u00a0The 2023 40+ Mountain Division was teeming with talented ball clubs and games were hard-fought throughout the tournament.\u00a0\u00a0But, when the dust settled after a scorching week in the Arizona sun, the Baseball 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