{"id":26113,"date":"2015-05-04T18:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T01:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26113"},"modified":"2015-05-04T23:31:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T06:31:41","slug":"2015-season-gets-underway-for-usa-men-may-15-17-in-lancaster-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26113","title":{"rendered":"2015 season gets underway for USA Men May 15-17 in Lancaster, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ASAUSASoftball\/status\/595339651889541121\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">From USA Softball \/ ASA Softball on Twitter:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We couldn&#39;t resist. The 2015 season for the USA MNT starts May 15-17 in Lancaster, PA! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MayThe4thBeWithYou?src=hash\">#MayThe4thBeWithYou<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Pb1QEsPMGD\">pic.twitter.com\/Pb1QEsPMGD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ASA and USA Softball (@ASAUSASoftball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASAUSASoftball\/status\/595339651889541121\">May 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> The smiling player in the USA promo tweet is, of course, Kevin Castillo, originally of Long Beach, CA.  Kevin played baseball at the same high school as the great Tony Gwynn, going on to play college baseball in Oklahoma.  Kevin was a member of the 2005 USA Jr. Men&#8217;s team that traveled to Prince Edward Island to play in the Jr. Worlds (the same year that Adam Folkard played for the Aussie Jrs.).  Kevin is a member of the California A&#8217;s. Elk Grove?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22354\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/usa-softball\/team-usa\/men\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Team_USA-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Click logo for official Team USA website\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Team_USA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Team_USA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Team_USA-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Team_USA.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for official Team USA website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From USA Softball \/ ASA Softball on Twitter: We couldn&#39;t resist. The 2015 season for the USA MNT starts May 15-17 in Lancaster, PA! #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com\/Pb1QEsPMGD &mdash; ASA and USA Softball (@ASAUSASoftball) May 4, 2015 Editor&#8217;s note: The smiling player in the USA promo tweet is, of course, Kevin Castillo, originally of Long Beach, CA. 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