{"id":21736,"date":"2025-10-13T05:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=21736"},"modified":"2025-10-13T05:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:06:19","slug":"my-2025-arizona-diamondbacks-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=21736","title":{"rendered":"My 2025 Arizona Diamondbacks season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce91a351d1cfe4471c4a60d6af88f777 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Back in the Spring<\/strong>, I see Clydesdale&#8217;s lined up outside the training facility in Peoria, marking my first spring training game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" data-attachment-id=\"21739\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=21739\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?fit=4032%2C2420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,2420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;372&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1740920021&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?fit=640%2C384&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=640%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=1536%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?resize=2048%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HipstamaticPhoto-762638021.476565.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93c015a003a0150b564507b3abbd2ff6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>It&#8217;s a time of hope<\/strong> and possibilities. 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