{"id":2736,"date":"2011-05-24T22:09:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T02:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2011-05-24T22:09:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T02:09:37","slug":"dustin-pedroia-is-still-my-honorary-wiffle-ball-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/dustin-pedroia-is-still-my-honorary-wiffle-ball-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Pedroia is Still My Honorary Wiffle Ball Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, so I promised<\/a> a photoriffic travel recap today. And then I couldn’t find my CF card reader. And then the dog ate my homework, which is a pretty impressive feat when you realize that summer school doesn’t start until tomorrow.<\/p>\n

(That Gracie, she’s a husky of many talents).<\/p>\n

In lieu of photos of palm trees, I present you with a photo of me with Tim Wakefield<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The astute observers among you have probably noticed that this photo is rather blurry. No, we were not photographed in front of a badly photoshopped background. I got to meet Mr. Wakefield at work last week (I told you my new job was awesome!). And I’m not so sure that I want people to know where I’m working these days.<\/p>\n

I’m also not so sure I want to spend more than a few minutes gaussian blurring my way to (relative) anonymity.<\/p>\n

The bad photochopping does look rather silly though..<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So much better, right? We look a lot<\/em> more dignified.<\/p>\n

Tim Wakefield, I am pleased to report, seems like a rather nice fellow. I only got a few seconds with him (me: “nice to meet you.” TW: “thank you.”). But I can say with some certainty that he is not<\/em> a total asshole.<\/p>\n

I must admit, however, that I still hold out hope for someday playing whiffle ball with Dustin Pedroia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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