{"id":3977,"date":"2018-09-19T15:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2018-09-19T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:32:01","slug":"3977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3977","title":{"rendered":"A Blind Abilities Sports Double-Header: Featuring Blind Golf and a Former Major League Pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2712\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3977-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Blind Abilities Sports Double-Header: Featuring Blind Golf and a Former Major League Pitcher<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Thompson chats with two blind individuals in the sporting \u00a0world. first he talks to Phil Hubbard, a member and Official of the US Blind golf Association about the organization, its members, rules and how he got involved. A great story and something we might all consider engaging in!<\/p>\n<p>Next, Jeff chats with Bill Denehy, a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who entered the Majors back in 1964. Bill talks about his ride in \u201cThe Bigs\u201d, his lifestyle, his contemporaries, he shares a little about how he lost his vision, and some advice to those facing similar challenges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3978\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3978\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill_denehy_autograph-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Denehy Baseball Card Image\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill_denehy_autograph.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill_denehy_autograph-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Denehy Baseball Card Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Be sure to catch Jeff\u2019s interviews with Phil, and check out the blind golf web site:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usblindgolf.com\/\">www.USBlindgolf.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And sit back and relax as bill entertains us with his stories about Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for Listening!<\/p>\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an\u00a0<a>email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>\u00a0on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2714\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3977-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SportsDouble.mp3A Blind Abilities Sports Double-Header: Featuring Blind Golf and a Former Major League Pitcher &nbsp; Jeff Thompson chats with two blind individuals in the sporting \u00a0world. first he talks to Phil Hubbard, a member and Official of the US Blind golf Association about the organization, its members, rules and how he got involved. A great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-lifeenrichment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill_denehy_autograph.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6rcRg-3977","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3992,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3992","url_meta":{"origin":3977,"position":0},"title":"Blind Abilities News Letter: The Latest Scoops on Technology, the Most UpToDate Blindness News, and Some Success Stories to Warm Your Soul","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"September 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities News Letter July - Sept 2018 The nip of Fall is in the air, quietly chilling your nose in preparation for winters cold embrace. 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