{"id":4974,"date":"2011-09-28T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2011-10-24T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T18:59:52","slug":"matt-joyce-reid-brignac-the-essence-of-teammates-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4974","title":{"rendered":"GIF of the Moment: Matt Joyce, Reid Brignac, and the essence of teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/MattJoyce_Celebration.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4975\" title=\"MattJoyce_Celebration\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/MattJoyce_Celebration.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a ballplayer, there are certain moments shared with teammates that seem to outlive any play, game, or season.<\/p>\n<p>While hitting a go-ahead or walk-off bomb is an incredible, personal accomplishment, it\u2019s the ensuing reaction of your teammates that makes it so memorable.\u00a0 There are always those one or two guys \u2013 your closest buddies on the team \u2013 who are especially excited for you, just as you\u2019d be for them.\u00a0 Perhaps excited isn\u2019t even the right word.\u00a0 Rather, they\u2019re <em>proud<\/em> of you.<\/p>\n<p>Those emotions were transparent last night following Matt Joyce\u2019s go-ahead, three-run shot, as he navigated the Rays\u2019 dugout through a sea of high-fives and hugs.\u00a0 Waiting for him at the end of the line was his good buddy and teammate since 2009, Reid Brignac, who greeted him in a manner that screamed, \u201cDude, I knew you could do it.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a ballplayer, there are certain moments shared with teammates that seem to outlive any play, game, or season. While hitting a go-ahead or walk-off bomb is an incredible, personal accomplishment, it\u2019s the ensuing reaction of your teammates that makes it so memorable.\u00a0 There are always those one or two guys \u2013 your closest buddies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,2784,6,16,11,13,14],"tags":[2754,3469,1590,2786,2785,549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4974"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4979,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions\/4979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}