{"id":4315,"date":"2006-11-06T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:55:49","slug":"tims_last_footb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4315","title":{"rendered":"Tim&#8217;s last football game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tim had his last game of the season Saturday, playing for the 3rd and 4th grade Ossining Little League football team, and they finally got a win. They beat Hastings, 12-7. The Ossining program is very good, with two 3rd and 4th grade teams (most river towns only have one side) so the talent is spread a little thin. Hence the losing record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However Tim had an excellent season, playing offensive tackle and on the defensive line. He was also one of the co-captains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got to Saturday&#8217;s game a little late and the game was already underway. Tim was lined up against an opponent who was bigger then him (taller anyway) and I was thinking &#8220;uh oh could be a tough day.&#8221; Then on the first play from scrimmage Tim knocked the boy back three yards and pancaked him (knocked him on his backside, for the uninitiated). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Here he is against #53, who was the victim of the pancaking on an earlier play!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_crunches_53_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10453\" title=\"Tim_crunches_53_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_crunches_53_1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_crunches_53_1-1-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On the defensive line. #69 is Sean, his buddy and the other co-captain, who plays linebacker.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_on_defensive_line_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10452\" title=\"Tim_on_defensive_line_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_on_defensive_line_1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/tim_on_defensive_line_1-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tim catches the Hastings running back for a loss<\/em><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=733,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/tim_tackle_in_bkfield_11406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tim_tackle_in_bkfield_11406\" height=\"458\" alt=\"Tim_tackle_in_bkfield_11406\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/images\/tim_tackle_in_bkfield_11406.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tim, as the coach talks after the game. Brigid in the background<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_071_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10451\" title=\"Anderson_pix_11106_071_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_071_1-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_071_1-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tim and Sean<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_072.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10450\" title=\"Anderson_pix_11106_072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_072.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/anderson_pix_11106_072-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim had his last game of the season Saturday, playing for the 3rd and 4th grade Ossining Little League football team, and they finally got a win. They beat Hastings, 12-7. The Ossining program is very good, with two 3rd and 4th grade teams (most river towns only have one side) so the talent is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10454,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}