{"id":3834,"date":"2011-09-16T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T09:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:55","slug":"baseball-fan-catches-ball-while-on-cell-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/baseball-fan-catches-ball-while-on-cell-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Fan Catches Ball While on Cell Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/baseball.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1866\" title=\"baseball\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/baseball.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1866 lazyload\" title=\"baseball\" 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