{"id":28903,"date":"2014-01-06T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=28903"},"modified":"2014-01-06T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T23:39:45","slug":"mlb-2k-takes-7th-inning-stretch-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2014\/01\/06\/mlb-2k-takes-7th-inning-stretch-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB 2K takes a 7th inning stretch forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polygon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/1\/6\/5281150\/mlb-2k-games-webpages-pulled-offline-2k-sports\">reports<\/a> that the MLB 2K series is dead. The websites for the baseball games have been pulled offline and the games are no longer available for purchase through digital stores. A representative of 2K Sports explained that the franchise will not be renewed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have decided not to renew our MLB 2K series for 2014. 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