{"id":3406,"date":"2026-01-30T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:16:49","slug":"sunday-verses-fielders-choice-2-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3406","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Fielders Choice’ (2\/1\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In anticipation of spring<\/i><\/p>\n

By RAHN ADAMS<\/b><\/p>\n

Three boys tossed a ball \/ in the vacant sandlot, \/ an excuse just to talk \/ and to laugh until they burst.<\/p>\n

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‘FIELDERS CHOICE,’ an acrylic painting by Timberley Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The eldest one quit first, \/ taking his new ball with him, \/ forcing the others \/ to play with another horsehide.<\/p>\n

As hard as those two tried, \/ the old spheroid didn’t feel right. \/ One boy joked, \/ “This ol’ pill must be hexed.”<\/p>\n

The younger fielder left next, \/ not wanting to go, \/ but he was called away \/ without any choice in the matter.<\/p>\n

Deciding not to be a lone batter, \/ the last boy elected \/ just to play catch with the sky \/ until it rained or worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In anticipation of spring By RAHN ADAMS Three boys tossed a ball \/ in the vacant sandlot, \/ an excuse just to talk \/ and to laugh until they burst. The eldest one quit first, \/ taking his new ball with him, \/ forcing the others \/ to play with another horsehide. As hard as … Continue reading SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Fielders Choice’ (2\/1\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3406"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3421,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}