{"id":304,"date":"2017-02-19T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T00:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:16:24","slug":"play-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/19\/play-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last night was supposed to be the 2017 season opener for LSU baseball. We went to the stadium to host a group in my company&#8217;s suite for the evening. Had a hamburger <em>and<\/em> a hot dog. Lived dangerously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being Louisiana in February, what happened next should not be thought of as a huge surprise. The game ended up being postponed, due to rain, until today. But not until after I had eaten the hamburger and the hot dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you know what that means, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Another<\/em> hamburger and hot dog today! Victory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, LSU and Army played twice today. We hosted the guests at the evening game. It was still a little wet and a little cool, but the season got off to a good start. Because it started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year I get the same dual feelings of excitement and disbelief that this is part of my job. A dirty job, but somebody has to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe someday I will grow tired of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Opening-Day-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Opening-Day-2017.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Opening-Day-2017-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The most beautiful stadium in college baseball. Even in the rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was supposed to be the 2017 season opener for LSU baseball. We went to the stadium to host a group in my company&#8217;s suite for the evening. Had a hamburger and a hot dog. Lived dangerously. This being Louisiana in February, what happened next should not be thought of as a huge surprise. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/19\/play-ball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play Ball!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}