{"id":10079,"date":"2013-05-25T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T17:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=10079"},"modified":"2017-01-26T22:31:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T03:31:54","slug":"ah-americas-favorite-pastime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html","title":{"rendered":"Ah. America’s Favorite Pastime…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 You wanna know what it\u2019s like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. <\/p>\n

Let me break down. <\/p>\n

The other team has boys on first and second. The kid up to bat hits a line drive straight to your kid in left center field. Your kid catches the hit and throws it to third like a boss. And the kid on third \u2026 yeah, he catches the ball alright. And proceeds to throw the ball to first. Without even touching the base or tagging the runner. <\/p>\n

And I was like \u2026 <\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

I am beginning to think there is a reason why so many parents just ditch and dash their kids to sporting events. To avoid uncontrollable outburst from the stands. Sometimes the game is just too painful to watch. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026 You wanna know what it\u2019s like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on first and second. The kid up to bat hits a line drive straight to your kid in left center field. Your kid catches the hit and throws […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":10080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,69],"tags":[684],"class_list":["post-10079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perils-of-parenthood","category-the-boy","tag-play-ball"],"yoast_head":"\nAh. America's Favorite Pastime...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ah. America's Favorite Pastime...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Crescat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-25T17:39:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-27T03:31:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2013\/05\/vintage_children_sports_baseball_player_up_to_bat_invitation-r3dac803b68fc414989d18efff386b2ea_8dnd0_8byvr_512.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katrina Fernandez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katrina Fernandez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html\",\"name\":\"Ah. America's Favorite Pastime...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-25T17:39:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-27T03:31:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2\"},\"description\":\"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ah. America’s Favorite Pastime…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/\",\"name\":\"The Crescat\",\"description\":\"Fortified with vitamin BXVI. Not a substitute for regular mass attendance. Side effects may include mackerel snapping.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2\",\"name\":\"Katrina Fernandez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katrina Fernandez\"},\"description\":\"Mackerel Snapping Papist\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/author\/thecrescat\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ah. America's Favorite Pastime...","description":"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ah. America's Favorite Pastime...","og_description":"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html","og_site_name":"The Crescat","article_published_time":"2013-05-25T17:39:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-27T03:31:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"512","height":"512","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2013\/05\/vintage_children_sports_baseball_player_up_to_bat_invitation-r3dac803b68fc414989d18efff386b2ea_8dnd0_8byvr_512.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Katrina Fernandez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katrina Fernandez","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html","name":"Ah. America's Favorite Pastime...","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-05-25T17:39:56+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-27T03:31:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2"},"description":"... You wanna know what it's like to watch kids play baseball? More specifically, your child play baseball. Let me break down. The other team has boys on","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/05\/ah-americas-favorite-pastime.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ah. America’s Favorite Pastime…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/","name":"The Crescat","description":"Fortified with vitamin BXVI. Not a substitute for regular mass attendance. Side effects may include mackerel snapping.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2","name":"Katrina Fernandez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Katrina Fernandez"},"description":"Mackerel Snapping Papist","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/author\/thecrescat"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}