{"id":23471,"date":"2014-06-16T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=23471"},"modified":"2014-06-16T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:13:18","slug":"peter-finn-returns-to-pitching-after-21-years-throws-for-explorers-legends-vs-junior-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=23471","title":{"rendered":"Peter Finn returns to pitching after 21 years, throws for Explorers Legends vs. Junior National Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cap tip David Lach<\/em><figure id=\"attachment_11701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11701\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/m.ourmidland.com\/mobile\/sports\/finn-returns-to-pitching-after-years-throws-for-explorers-legends\/article_0198d304-c956-5945-b72f-96588cb5a29a.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Midland-map-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Click map for original news story at the Midland Daily News.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11701\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click map for original news story at the Midland Daily News.<\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"http:\/\/m.ourmidland.com\/mobile\/sports\/finn-returns-to-pitching-after-years-throws-for-explorers-legends\/article_0198d304-c956-5945-b72f-96588cb5a29a.html\">From the Midland Daily News<\/a><br \/>\nBy Joel Barnhart <\/p>\n<p>Friday night\u2019s game between the USA Junior Men\u2019s National Fastpitch Team and the newly-formed Midland Explorers Legends at Currie Stadium at Emerson Park had a little bit of everything: tight pitching, some sharp defense, home runs \u2014 and the return of a local legend.<\/p>\n<p>In the top of the seventh inning, pitcher Pete Finn returned to the pitching circle for an Explorers team for the first time since 1993 \u2014 21 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Finn, a member of the ISC Hall of Fame, was one of the top fastpitch pitchers in the world during his time with the Explorers from 1986 to 1993.  <a href=\"http:\/\/m.ourmidland.com\/mobile\/sports\/finn-returns-to-pitching-after-years-throws-for-explorers-legends\/article_0198d304-c956-5945-b72f-96588cb5a29a.html\">Click here to continue reading at the Midland Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cap tip David LachFrom the Midland Daily News By Joel Barnhart Friday night\u2019s game between the USA Junior Men\u2019s National Fastpitch Team and the newly-formed Midland Explorers Legends at Currie Stadium at Emerson Park had a little bit of everything: tight pitching, some sharp defense, home runs \u2014 and the return of a local legend. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-players","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23472,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23471\/revisions\/23472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}