{"id":36331,"date":"2011-05-10T20:13:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T20:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36331"},"modified":"2011-05-11T23:31:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T23:31:30","slug":"field-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36331","title":{"rendered":"Field of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180872853403.305304.551603402&#038;l=36e933141e\">school athletic fields<\/a> I seldom visit.  They&#8217;re pretty much in demand because many times they&#8217;re being used by other schools or groups.  Sunday mornings are always reserved for the baseball men, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36326\">even on Mother&#8217;s Day<\/a>.  Baseball is called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=9398\">summer game<\/a>, boys of the summer.  I don&#8217;t really have patient for it but I like to play the game myself.  There is a commanding feeling when you are at base, ready to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180984488403.305315.551603402&#038;l=53763d303a\">swing the bat<\/a>.  The entire diamond field is at attention, despite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180993693403.305318.551603402&#038;l=9d533dbdf2\">the pitcher is considered<\/a> the heart of the game.  <\/p>\n<p>Some day, I will play it again.  Some day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_36336\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36336\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36336\" title=\"the field of dreams\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1136-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1136-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1136-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field of Dreams<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180993693403.305318.551603402&#038;l=9d533dbdf2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36337\" title=\"pitching in\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1147-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1147-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1147-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1147.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pitcher, the center of the attention<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36335\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180984488403.305315.551603402&#038;l=53763d303a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36335\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36335\" title=\"off the bat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1140-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1140-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1140.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the player .. running off the bat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36338\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150180872853403.305304.551603402&#038;l=36e933141e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36338\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36338\" title=\"the parents\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1158-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1158-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1158-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1158.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">meet the parents .. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36339\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36339\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36339\" title=\"the empire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1144-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1144-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1144-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1144.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the umpire<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_36332\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1186.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36332\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36332\" title=\"the coach\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1186-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1186-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the coach<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This part of the school athletic fields I seldom visit. They&#8217;re pretty much in demand because many times they&#8217;re being used by other schools or groups. Sunday mornings are always reserved for the baseball men, even on Mother&#8217;s Day. Baseball is called the summer game, boys of the summer. I don&#8217;t really have patient for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}