{"id":13769,"date":"2011-07-18T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/vardibidian\/2011\/07\/18\/13769.html"},"modified":"2018-03-13T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T00:00:00","slug":"not-about-the-fifa-womens-worl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/2011\/07\/18\/not-about-the-fifa-womens-worl\/","title":{"rendered":"Not About the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 (trademark)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I did look through the photos of the Annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, quickly, and mostly being amused by the uniforms—as you can see in the victory photo<\/a>, the players mostly wore full uniforms from professional and college teams associated with their districts, and I for one was disappointed that Representative Mack (R-FL) wasn’t wearing a Phillies uniform. And quality uniforms, as far as I can tell, with the name of the representative on the back, and at least in some cases the district number. I guess people don’t show up to these in sweatshirts. Even the softball game<\/a> last month had uniforms, although one could discourse, if so inclined, about the women wearing matching jerseys and the men wearing non-matching uniforms. Anyway, it was For Amusement Value Only, as they say, until I came across this photo of Rep. Sanchez<\/a>. And I got all teary-eyed.\n

You get no points, by the way, for guessing which team Rep. Sanchez plays for, nor does My Party get particular points for having, as far as I can tell from the roster<\/a>, the only female ballplayer on the field. Parity, what?\n

You also don’t get points for knowing why Rep. Sanchez wears number IX.\n

I am not saying that I want my Perfect Non-Reader or for that matter any of my nieces to grow up to work in the House of Representatives, but if she does, I want her to play hardball, just like Linda Sanchez<\/a>.\n

Tolerabimus quod tolerare debemus<\/I>,
-Vardibidian.\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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