{"id":1953,"date":"2014-05-03T07:28:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T11:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2014-05-15T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T11:32:18","slug":"the-joys-of-minor-league-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1953","title":{"rendered":"The Joys of Minor League Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1882\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1882\" class=\"wp-image-1882\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?resize=388%2C291\" alt=\"baseball\" width=\"388\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?w=3264&amp;ssl=1 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2014-05-02-19.10.01.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo: author)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last night the Trenton Thunder (Yankees\u2019 AA team) beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels (SF Giants AA team) 8-1. Great game! Because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabulous seats<\/li>\n<li>@ $12 apiece<\/li>\n<li>Pat Venditte\u2014who pitches either right or left-handed, depending (you don\u2019t see that every day)<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Ryan \u2013 Yankees\u2019 player rehabbing (2 hits)<\/li>\n<li>Gary Sanchez \u2013 (# 35) DH and top prospect in Yankees\u2019 organization<\/li>\n<li>The weather did not live up to the Thunder\u2019s sobriquet (rarely have a chance to use THAT word!)<\/li>\n<li>The golden retriever that came out of the Thunder dugout and, living up to his breed mission, retrieved a bat<\/li>\n<li>How the padded up home-plate umpire looked like a Lego man<\/li>\n<li>3 home runs, count \u2019em<\/li>\n<li>Home in 18 minutes flat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Last night the Trenton Thunder (Yankees\u2019 AA team) beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels (SF Giants AA team) 8-1. Great game! 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