{"id":26806,"date":"2015-06-03T11:38:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26806"},"modified":"2015-06-04T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T04:18:45","slug":"joel-langford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26806","title":{"rendered":"Passing of Joel Langford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_26818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26818\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-swinging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-swinging-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Langford, from his FB page.\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-swinging-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-swinging.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Langford, from his FB page.<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>From Blair Setford <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is with profound sadness that the Mississauga Arrows and Toronto Gators share the news of the passing our teammate and friend Joel Langford on Tuesday June 2.<\/p>\n<p>We deeply appreciate all of the kind words that have been shared on social media. It&#8217;s tragic that we&#8217;ve lost Joel so young. He was a wonderful young man with a tremendous future both in the game and in life.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with the Langford family.<\/p>\n<p>When we have more information on a service, we will share it with the fastball community.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you one and all,<br \/>\nBlair Setford<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_26821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26821\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Langford, his FB profile photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joel-L.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Langford, his FB profile photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/?gws_rd=ssl#q=site:+www.fastpitchwest.com+%22langford%22\" target=\"_blank\">Previous stories about Joel at Fastpitch West.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube Video of Joel at bat in 2011 Exhibition game against the visiting New Zealand Black Sox<\/strong>(video from Blair Setford, Kyle Smith with the call of the game) Jun 26, 2011.  Joel is the first batter in the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ssn51fwUHk4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GHFL All Star Matt Lyon of the Niagara Snappers launches a double to the gap off the wall against the New Zealand Black Sox in the bottom of the first inning after Joel Langford of the Mississauga Arrows had reached on an error.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Blair Setford It is with profound sadness that the Mississauga Arrows and Toronto Gators share the news of the passing our teammate and friend Joel Langford on Tuesday June 2. We deeply appreciate all of the kind words that have been shared on social media. It&#8217;s tragic that we&#8217;ve lost Joel so young. 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