{"id":1051,"date":"2011-07-13T00:40:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T04:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2011\/07\/13\/play-ball\/"},"modified":"2011-07-13T00:40:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T04:40:36","slug":"play-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2011\/07\/13\/play-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_646\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-646\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-646\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2011\/07\/IMG_1102_edited-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Farewells\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farewells<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On a perfect summer evening, au pairs from our clusters enjoyed an evening full of American traditions.  Starting the evening off with a typical prebaseball dinner, we greeted several new au pairs who were just beginning their years here.  Celebrating two birthdays, and enjoying cake and watermelon, we said farewell to members of the clusters who have successfully completed their year here in the USA.\u00a0 Also, attending our meeting were two former au pairs visiting their families for the summer and offering encouraging words to the group.<br \/>\nMoving on to the baseball field, it was clear that the au pairs were ready to play ball!  Luckily, we had heavy hitters and speedy outfielders, power pitchers, and speedy base-women to keep the game in constant suspense.  After those few confusing moments about what to do once the ball is actually hit with the bat, runners began to take advantage of momentary outfield confusion to score heavily.  The final scores were too high to keep track!  More importantly, each au pair showed her talent at home plate and while warming up, had her photo taken for valuable future baseball cards. The Red Sox talent scouts will be calling soon!<\/p>\n<p>click here for more pics -&gt;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/s760.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx247\/Pattiestabrook\/July%20Baseball%20Game\/\">Baseball Pics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a perfect summer evening, au pairs from our clusters enjoyed an evening full of American traditions. Starting the evening off with a typical prebaseball dinner, we greeted several new au pairs who were just beginning their years here. 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