{"id":92322,"date":"2014-04-23T10:05:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=92322"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:11:58","slug":"first-pitch-at-fenway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/04\/first-pitch-at-fenway\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pitch at Fenway"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92329\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92329 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch2.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball standout Shabazz Napier \u201914 (CLAS) throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, watched by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, far right, and members of the Huskies men\u2019s basketball team. The NCAA National Championship UConn team was honored in a pre-game ceremony, before the Red Sox vs. Yankees game. (Boston Red Sox Photo)\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch2.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch2-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 605px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 605\/403;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basketball standout Shabazz Napier \u201914 (CLAS) throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, watched by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, far right, and members of the Huskies men\u2019s basketball team. The NCAA National Championship UConn team was honored in a pre-game ceremony, prior to the Red Sox vs. Yankees game. (Boston Red Sox Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92332\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92332 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch5.jpg\" alt=\"The NCAA National Championship UConn men's basketball team takes to the field at Fenway Park. (Boston Red Sox Photo)\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch5.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch5-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 278px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 278\/185;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NCAA National Championship UConn men&#8217;s basketball team takes to the field at Fenway Park. (Boston Red Sox Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92330\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92330 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch3.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Dannel P. Malloy hands Shabazz Napier the ball, as the Huskies look on. (Boston Red Sox Photo)\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch3.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ShabazzFenwayFirstPitch3-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 278px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 278\/185;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Dannel P. Malloy hands Shabazz Napier the ball, as the Huskies look on. (Boston Red Sox Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/nHKHo5FAPm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Championship men&#8217;s basketball team was honored and Shabazz Napier &#8217;14 (CLAS) threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":92324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-92322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 09:55:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92322"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92356,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92322\/revisions\/92356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/92324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92322"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=92322"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=92322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}