{"id":27318,"date":"2015-06-13T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=27318"},"modified":"2015-06-13T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T19:04:13","slug":"golf-tourney-raises-money-awareness-for-clearwater-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=27318","title":{"rendered":"Golf tourney raises money, awareness for Clearwater Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clearwatergazette.com\/cg\/news\/golf-tourney-raises-money-awareness-for-bombers-20150612\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clearwater_fl_300-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"clearwater_fl_300\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/clearwatergazette.com\/cg\/news\/golf-tourney-raises-money-awareness-for-bombers-20150612\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the Clearwater Gazette<\/a><br \/>\n<em>BY JEFF ROSENFIELD<br \/>\nGazette Correspondent<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CLEARWATER \u2014 Over more than 60 years of play, the Clearwater Bombers men\u2019s fast-pitch softball team left its mark on the city.<\/p>\n<p>Ten national titles, 22 players elected to the sport\u2019s hall of fame, and numerous individual and team records are all testament to the success the Bombers enjoyed throughout the team\u2019s existence from 1938\u20132000.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Clearwater Bombers\u2019 Legacy Educational Project, an organization made up primarily of former players, is determined to ensure the team\u2019s contributions to the community are never forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit group recently hosted a golf tournament at Clearwater Country Club to raise money for a museum that will honor the team\u2019s accomplishments and preserve its storied history.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote\">\u201cThe Bombers were known all over the world as the top men\u2019s fast-pitch softball team in the world,\u201d Legacy Project president and former Bombers player Wayne Dees said. \u201cBut we\u2019re to the point now where if we don\u2019t do something to preserve its legacy, they\u2019re going to be forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clearwatergazette.com\/cg\/news\/golf-tourney-raises-money-awareness-for-bombers-20150612\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the complete article and view photo.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Clearwater Gazette BY JEFF ROSENFIELD Gazette Correspondent CLEARWATER \u2014 Over more than 60 years of play, the Clearwater Bombers men\u2019s fast-pitch softball team left its mark on the city. Ten national titles, 22 players elected to the sport\u2019s hall of fame, and numerous individual and team records are all testament to the success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27319,"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":[21],"tags":[291],"class_list":{"0":"post-27318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-teams","8":"tag-clearwaterbombers","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318","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=27318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27322,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318\/revisions\/27322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}