{"id":6219,"date":"2013-04-07T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2013-04-07T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:03:23","slug":"baseball-season-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/?p=6219","title":{"rendered":"Baseball season has arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got the kids out of the house yesterday morning so Greg could sleep in and take the morning off. \u00a0We had a play date with Sopharella!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_3360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6239\" alt=\"IMG_3360\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_3360-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_3360-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_3360-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcKvN0WPAAw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday afternoon was one of the more exciting moments for us as parents. \u00a0We got to play tee ball with Joey for the first time! \u00a0He had a BLAST! \u00a0Not even the rain could stop him- we were outside for an hour!<a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0055.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0056.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>He started by getting some instruction from Alex&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0032\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0032-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He eventually learned to hold the bat with 2 hands. \u00a0Every time we would say &#8220;two hands,&#8221; he&#8217;d drop the bat to check out his hands. \u00a0When we changed it to &#8220;hold the bat with two hands,&#8221; he caught on quickly!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/49pJF-OVG7c\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0041\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0041-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such concentration!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0108\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0108-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-v0cCI4G8x4\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrGKG3Wflco\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0055\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0055-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anytime we would say &#8220;homerun&#8221; he would just take off running. \u00a0I&#8217;m going to get some bases for him for next time!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LoKxUJtvwxU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Greg showing Joey how it&#8217;s done!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0107\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0107-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eaxjpYfPovg\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0098\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0098-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He loved putting the ball back on the tee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0056\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0056-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great aim!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0093\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0093-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was SO proud of himself after each hit!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0080\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0080-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0083\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0083-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0112\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0112-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0117\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0117-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His first baseball-related injury!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVfZVXMz5mU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0123\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0123-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting in some fielding practice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0058\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0058-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benji was there to cheer his brother on the whole time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0063\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0063-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0067\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0067-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IMG_0075\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoodmantimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0075-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got the kids out of the house yesterday morning so Greg could sleep in and take the morning off. \u00a0We had a play date with Sopharella! 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