{"id":4937,"date":"2010-11-26T20:23:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T03:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2010-11-26T20:24:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T03:24:51","slug":"fastpitch-softball-player-feels-blessed-to-be-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4937","title":{"rendered":"Fastpitch softball player feels blessed to be in the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cap tip Scott Standerfer via Blair Setford<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By BOB FALLSTROM &#8211; H&#038;R Community News Editor <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Larry Moffett, 61, of Moweaqua, is still playing competitive softball. He&#8217;s third baseman and designated hitter for the Decatur Pride. Moffett said he was meant to play softball, after all, his mother and father met at a softball game. (Herald &#038; Review\/Kelly J. Huff)<br \/>\nHe can run. He can hit. He can throw. He can field.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Moffett thinks he was destined to play fastpitch softball. And he&#8217;s not going to stop.<\/p>\n<p>The Decatur Pride third baseman and designated hitter will be 62 on Feb. 25.<br \/>\n&#8220;My dad and mother met at a softball game in Elwin.&#8221; Moffett pointed out. &#8220;My dad, &#8216;Lefty,&#8217; an outfielder played until he was 50.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How long will Moffett keep playing? &#8220;My eyes are still 20-20, I&#8217;m blessed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My body will tell me when to quit. I have a passion for playing, I love the competition and the camaraderie. I&#8217;m sort of an ambassador for fastpitch softball. I tell everybody to keep playing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-review.com\/lifestyles\/article_c324582a-af31-59af-95e8-52dcede00d74.html\"><strong>Click here for the complete story and photo.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cap tip Scott Standerfer via Blair Setford By BOB FALLSTROM &#8211; H&#038;R Community News Editor Larry Moffett, 61, of Moweaqua, is still playing competitive softball. He&#8217;s third baseman and designated hitter for the Decatur Pride. Moffett said he was meant to play softball, after all, his mother and father met at a softball game. (Herald [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937"}],"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=4937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4939,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}