{"id":2919,"date":"2008-04-08T11:25:39","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2008-04-08T11:25:39","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T18:25:39","slug":"what-do-washington-mutual-and-barry-bonds-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2919\/what-do-washington-mutual-and-barry-bonds-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Washington Mutual and Barry Bonds Have In Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wahington Mutual was put out of the wholesale business and Barry Bonds was retired from baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At least Washington Mutual acknowledged their demise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wa- Who?\u00a0 Didn’t he play for The Pirates?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wahington Mutual was put out of the wholesale business and Barry Bonds was retired from baseball. At least Washington Mutual acknowledged their demise. 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