{"id":9893,"date":"2015-06-30T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2015-06-30T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:35:05","slug":"for-love-of-racquets-paddles-and-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=9893","title":{"rendered":"For love of racquets, paddles, and balls\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Throughout my life<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve enjoyed playing tennis, ping pong, badminton and racquet ball<br \/>\n(singles preferred, though doubles can be fun)<br \/>\nmore than any other &#8220;sports.&#8221;<br \/>\nLove watching great players\u2026 too.<br \/>\nAlso enjoy watching\u00a0volleyball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Real <em>Tennis<\/em>\u00a0(sometimes referred to as the sport of kings)<br \/>\nhas the longest line of consecutive world champions of any sport in the world, dating from 1760.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Millie and Cindy\u00a0playing &#8220;for fun&#8221; on my recently (craigslist) acquired table.<br \/>\nBest $50 (including net, 4 paddles, and a dozen balls) I ever spent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(click photograph for larger view)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9894 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191065-e1435689103407.jpg\" alt=\"L1191065\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9895 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191067-e1435689133471.jpg\" alt=\"L1191067\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9896 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191070-e1435689168102.jpg\" alt=\"L1191070\" width=\"798\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9897 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191071-e1435689221424.jpg\" alt=\"L1191071\" width=\"618\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9898 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191074-e1435689254753.jpg\" alt=\"L1191074\" width=\"800\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9900 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/L1191076-e1435689303757.jpg\" alt=\"L1191076\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout my life I&#8217;ve enjoyed playing tennis, ping pong, badminton and racquet ball (singles preferred, though doubles can be fun) more than any other &#8220;sports.&#8221; Love watching great players\u2026 too. Also enjoy watching\u00a0volleyball. 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