{"id":3350,"date":"2009-06-27T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T20:13:44","slug":"salem-virginia-welcomes-usa-fast-pitch-softball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3350","title":{"rendered":"Salem Virginia welcomes USA fast pitch softball team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Salem welcomes USA fast pitch softball team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/static.mgnetwork.com\/sls\/media_path\/icons\/logo252x90.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nBy JOHN APPICELLO, WSLS10 Sports Anchor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our older viewers will remember the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153king and his court\u00e2\u20ac\u009d touring the nation back when men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fast pitch softball was all the rage.<\/p>\n<p>After falling from the limelight, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s enjoying a bit of a renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA is in Salem this weekend.  The red white and blue squad is coming together after a three and a half week break, and this is their last stop before the World Cup competition in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Because these men go back and forth to their regular jobs, they relish the chance to compete at the sport they love.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night against a group of Salem stars, Team USA won 9-2.  Then they promptly dispatched a ranked team from Pennsylvania, Keating Fitness, 12-2.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Peter Turner explained that men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fast pitch used to get the attention, but now the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game has taken over, and the roles are reversed.  Because his team doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get as many opportunities, they relish the ones they get\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven if they are little ones.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 27 11am \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Salem Local All-Stars vs. Keatings Fitness<br \/>\n6pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Team USA vs. Salem Local All-Stars<br \/>\n8pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Team USA vs. Keatings Fitness Center<br \/>\nGeneral Admission &#8211; $5 person per day<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"429\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vp.mgnetwork.net\/viewer.swf?u=7274438ab41f102cbc4d001ec92a4a0d&#038;z=SLS\" ><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/vp.mgnetwork.net\/viewer.swf?u=7274438ab41f102cbc4d001ec92a4a0d&#038;z=SLS\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"429\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Who can you spot in the video?  <\/p>\n<p>(The video features an interview with Pete Turner)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salem welcomes USA fast pitch softball team By JOHN APPICELLO, WSLS10 Sports Anchor Our older viewers will remember the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153king and his court\u00e2\u20ac\u009d touring the nation back when men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fast pitch softball was all the rage. After falling from the limelight, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Team USA is in Salem this weekend. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,19,17,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}