{'byline': 'by Lucy Burdge', 'hosts': '', 'byline_sources': 'WEEI 93.7', 'hide_author': True, 'audience_id': '', 'original_station': [{'station': 'weei', 'path': 'weei/blogs/lucy-burdge/wednesday-s-mashup-oakland-a-s-try-to-troll-red-sox-with-deflategate-tweet'}], 'syndicated_items': '', 'original_item': {'_index': 'published-content_v44', '_type': '_doc', '_score': None, '_source': {'date': '2018-04-04T09:56:00.000+00:00', 'featured': False, 'pageTitle': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with De', 'manualSlugUnlock': False, 'plaintextShortHeadline': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate', 'syndicationStatus': 'original', 'showSocial': True, 'seoHeadline': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with De', 'feedImg': {'data': {'alt': '', 'url': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/sox-jasen-vinlove-usa-today-sports.jpg', 'width': 3403, 'credit': '', 'height': 2307, 'mimeType': 'image/jpeg', 'sizeInBytes': '1176059'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/feed-image/instances/ckektyqfx00d3uyqlznhcizhv@published'}, 'pageDescription': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate tweet… ', 'featuredSports': False, 'contentType': 'article', '_version': 16, 'slug': 'lucy-burdge-wednesday-s-mashup-oakland-a-s-try-to-troll-red-sox-with-deflategate-tweet', 'feedImgUrl': 'https://images.radio.com/aiu-media/sox-jasen-vinlove-usa-today-sports.jpg', 'feedLayout': 'small', 'sectionFront': 'sports', 'dropCap': False, 'msnTitleLength': 75, 'hosts': [], 'articleTime': '09:56', 'seoDescription': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate tweet… ', 'plaintextPrimaryHeadline': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate tweet', 'tags': ['Red Sox', "Oakland A's", 'Jose Fernandez', 'The Mashup'], 'availableStandoutArticleInventory': True, 'stationURL': 'https://weei.radio.com/', 'shortHeadline': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate', 'noIndexNoFollow': False, 'breadcrumbs': [{'hidden': False, 'text': 'Sports', 'url': '//www.audacy.com/sports'}, {'hidden': False, 'text': 'red sox', 'url': '//www.audacy.com/sports/red-sox'}], 'authors': ['Lucy Burdge'], 'sources': [{'text': 'WEEI 93.7'}], 'slugLock': True, 'textTags': ['Red Sox', "Oakland A's", 'Jose Fernandez', 'The Mashup'], 'primaryHeadline': 'Wednesday’s Mashup: Oakland A’s try to troll Red Sox with Deflategate tweet', 'content': [{'data': {'text': 'Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at <a href="http://weei.com" rel="nofollow">our WEEI.com home page</a> or <a href="http://weei.stats.com/multisport/front.asp" rel="nofollow">click here for the top stories from our news wire</a>.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-0@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>WEDNESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:</strong><strong>MLB:</strong> St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m. (FS1)<strong>NBA:</strong> Boston at Toronto, 8 p.m. (ESPN, NBCSB)<strong>NHL:</strong> Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-1@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>AROUND THE WEB:</strong>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-2@published'}, {'data': {'adSize': 'medium-rectangle', 'sticky': False, '_version': 1, 'adLocation': 'btf', 'adPosition': 'rec', 'environment': 'production', 'hasStationNav': 0, 'adRefreshInterval': '60000', 'doubleclickBannerTag': 'NTL.RADIO'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/google-ad-manager/instances/mediumRectangleContentBody@published'}, {'data': {'text': '-- The Oakland A’s attempted to promote the team’s upcoming series with the Red Sox by trolling the team with a Deflategate tweet on Tuesday.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-3@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'But there were some flaws in the attempt.<p></p><p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Well, it’s a good thing that baseballs can’t be deflated. Boston visits April 20-22. <a href="https://t.co/RizI8l7teK" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/RizI8l7teK</a> <a href="https://t.co/bGj5QLsEIq" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/bGj5QLsEIq</a></p>— Oakland Athletics ----⚾️ (@Athletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/981248746905366528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">April 3, 2018</a> <p>First of all, an Oakland team was not involved in Deflategate so the joke doesn’t make as much sense as would, say, a Tuck Rule Game reference, as that involved the Patriots and the Raiders.</p><p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Lol maybe a tuck rule joke would have made more sense Oakland..... <a href="https://t.co/53La49YwzV" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/53La49YwzV</a></p>— Paul Finnell (@pfinnell4) <a href="https://twitter.com/pfinnell4/status/981258475278864384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">April 3, 2018</a> <p></p><p lang="und" dir="ltr" xml:lang="und"> <a href="https://t.co/zg9HOJd2Je" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/zg9HOJd2Je</a></p>— Miguel Goncalves (@MG_Pats12) <a href="https://twitter.com/MG_Pats12/status/981270362737520640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">April 3, 2018</a> <p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">how I feel when the A\'s try to flame the Red Sox! hopefully <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedSoxNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#RedSoxNation</a> can help inflate those attendance numbers a bit! <a href="https://t.co/5TdRWNH2Zq" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/5TdRWNH2Zq</a></p>— Bryant Wing (@bryantwing) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryantwing/status/981274548543852545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">April 3, 2018</a> <p>But even that had nothing to do with the Red Sox and didn’t even happen in the same sport.</p>', 'isIframe': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/migrate-weei-296706-4@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Also, the A’s used a picture of Dustin Pedroia to promote the series, but he is on the disabled list and might not play against the A’s.<p></p><p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Nice try but <a href="https://t.co/rTrzIouRvv" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/rTrzIouRvv</a></p>— Mike Bert (@MikeBertoncini) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeBertoncini/status/981278999870615559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">April 3, 2018</a> <p>-- A lawyer for late Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/04/03/jose-fernandezs-lawyer-defense-filing?utm_campaign=sinow&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;xid=socialflow_twitter_si" rel="nofollow">is saying</a> the investigation into the boat crash that killed Fernandez and two of his friends was flawed.</p>', 'isIframe': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/migrate-weei-296706-5@published'}, {'data': {'adSize': 'medium-rectangle', 'sticky': False, '_version': 1, 'adLocation': 'btf', 'adPosition': 'rec', 'environment': 'production', 'hasStationNav': 0, 'adRefreshInterval': '60000', 'doubleclickBannerTag': 'NTL.RADIO'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/google-ad-manager/instances/mediumRectangleContentBody@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Attorney Ralph Fernandez is claiming in a legal filing that Fernandez was unfairly blamed for the September 2016 crash.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-6@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The filing accuses Florida wildlife agency investigators of prematurely concluding Fernandez caused the crash and then altering or ignoring evidence to the contrary.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-7@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'That investigation concluded that Fernandez was operating his boat when it crashed into a Miami Beach jetty, killing Fernandez, Emilio Macias and Eduardo Rivero.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-8@published'}, {'data': {'adSize': 'medium-rectangle', 'sticky': False, '_version': 1, 'adLocation': 'btf', 'adPosition': 'rec', 'environment': 'production', 'hasStationNav': 0, 'adRefreshInterval': '60000', 'doubleclickBannerTag': 'NTL.RADIO'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/google-ad-manager/instances/mediumRectangleContentBody@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Attorneys for Macias and Rivero say there is no evidence either of them were operating the boat.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-weei-296706-9@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY: </strong>“It’s in their DNA. 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