{"id":79,"date":"2009-09-20T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T21:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/handyvandal.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2010-02-23T22:19:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T04:19:41","slug":"wii-helps-pitcher-improve-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/2009\/09\/wii-helps-pitcher-improve-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii helps pitcher improve game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/bell-heath_wii-150x148.png\" alt=\"Heath Bell Plays Wii\" title=\"Heath Bell Plays Wii\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-80\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" \/>Major league pitcher Heath Bell uses the Wii to lose weight, improve balance, and get plenty of  cardio exercise:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Playing Wii Fit \u2014 hula hoop, soccer, skiing slalom and yoga are his favorite games \u2014 was the only addition to his regular off-season workout routine, which includes running and lifting.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bell says his on-field performance also has reaped the benefits of the videogame, which requires players to maneuver while on a balance board. &#8220;My balance is so much better than it used to be,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It shows on the mound.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204731804574388653294866162.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\">James Wagner<\/a> @ Wall Street Journal\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heath_Bell\">Heath Bell<\/a> @ Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major league pitcher Heath Bell uses the Wii to lose weight, improve balance, and get plenty of cardio exercise: Playing Wii Fit \u2014 hula hoop, soccer, skiing slalom and yoga are his favorite games \u2014 was the only addition to his regular off-season workout routine, which includes running and lifting. Mr. Bell says his on-field [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-wii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handyvandal.com\/wphv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}