{"id":35871,"date":"2011-03-31T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=35871"},"modified":"2015-11-07T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T13:03:33","slug":"in-honor-of-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=35871","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FINALLY.  Off-season is an odd time for me (I don&#8217;t know who I am if I don&#8217;t see baseball playing on all the televisions in all the bars as I pass by).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35872\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35872\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393655268_1e18050b6a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1393655268_1e18050b6a_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393655268_1e18050b6a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393655268_1e18050b6a_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393655268_1e18050b6a_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393655268_1e18050b6a_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35873\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35873\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717182_33224a8497_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1393717182_33224a8497_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717182_33224a8497_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717182_33224a8497_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717182_33224a8497_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717182_33224a8497_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35874\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35874\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717606_048e91bb9e_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1393717606_048e91bb9e_o\" width=\"495\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717606_048e91bb9e_o.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717606_048e91bb9e_o-82x100.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717606_048e91bb9e_o-165x200.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393717606_048e91bb9e_o-330x400.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Red Sox fans will immediately know what this is, but to the unitiated that is Josh Beckett&#8217;s OCD delicate step-step through the first base-line as he leaves the mound. It is so insane to watch him do it.  He MUST step between the lines, delicately.  Every. Single, Time.  Otherwise the entire planet would tip off its axis.  I respect that.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35875\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35875\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393753466_0006021be0_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1393753466_0006021be0_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393753466_0006021be0_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393753466_0006021be0_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393753466_0006021be0_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1393753466_0006021be0_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35876\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35876\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648087484_df5fbed245_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3648087484_df5fbed245_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648087484_df5fbed245_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648087484_df5fbed245_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648087484_df5fbed245_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648087484_df5fbed245_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35877\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35877\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648110586_4abe94aeec_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3648110586_4abe94aeec_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648110586_4abe94aeec_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648110586_4abe94aeec_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648110586_4abe94aeec_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3648110586_4abe94aeec_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35878\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35878\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3970898671_581fd29225_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3970898671_581fd29225_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3970898671_581fd29225_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3970898671_581fd29225_z-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3970898671_581fd29225_z-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3970898671_581fd29225_z-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Going to a Red Sox game with my cousin Kerry involves this behavior, displayed above.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?attachment_id=35879\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35879\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/backyard1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"backyard1\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/backyard1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/backyard1-100x82.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/backyard1-200x164.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/backyard1-400x328.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Me.  Age 11, in our back yard.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\nPLAY BALL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINALLY. Off-season is an odd time for me (I don&#8217;t know who I am if I don&#8217;t see baseball playing on all the televisions in all the bars as I pass by). Red Sox fans will immediately know what this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=35871\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[2401,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35871"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36372,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35871\/revisions\/36372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}