{"id":381,"date":"2017-03-01T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/03\/01\/spring-training"},"modified":"2020-10-03T05:37:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T12:37:07","slug":"spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"Spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script><div style=\"text-align:right;\">This isn&#8217;t a story that will hold you captivated on the edge of your seat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">It&#8217;s more of a journal entry into the diary of my life.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">Spring baseball training is here again in the desert.<a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4ec65-img_8274.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4ec65-img_8274.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">My good friend CJ is a huge baseball fan, has been his entire life. It&#8217;s rubbed off on me. I usually only go to one Spring game each year, and this time around is was at <a href=\"http:\/\/mesaaz.gov\/things-to-do\/hohokam-stadium\">Hohokam Stadium<\/a>, home of his beloved Oakland A&#8217;s, against my favorite team the Angels.<a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30bea-fullsizerender2b2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30bea-fullsizerender2b2.jpg?resize=640%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">Ironically, we went to lunch at Mambos earlier this week, a local Dominican Kitchen in Chandler. The DR is home to many a professional baseball player, and on this occasion several came in to eat while we were there, the most famous being Angels player Albert Pujols.<a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1087c-fullsizerender2b3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1087c-fullsizerender2b3.jpg?resize=640%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">I sit behind home plate with a burger and a beer, listening to the crack of the bat and the pounding of leather as the ball hits the glove.<a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b15fe-fullsizerender2b4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b15fe-fullsizerender2b4.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">Sunday afternoons in the Spring are best spent this way, at least I think so.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t a story that will hold you captivated on the edge of your seat. 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