{"id":3202,"date":"2015-03-31T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T11:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:28:25","slug":"play-ball-en-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/03\/31\/play-ball-en-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Ball\u2026 En Espa\u00f1ol!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fear not, sports fans. We may be wrapping up the <a href=\"http:\/\/home.transparent.com\/multilingual-madness-tournament-2015\">Multilingual Madness Tournament<\/a>, but baseball season is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Major League Baseball season will not commence with an international game as it has in previous years, so we\u2019ve taken it upon ourselves to add a little international flavor to opening day! What better way to kick off America\u2019s pastime than by learning some baseball terminology in the most widely used second language in the country?<\/p>\n<p>Originally created for a professional baseball organization, these Spanish baseball lessons have a little something for everyone. <strong>Baseball fans and Hispanophiles alike can enjoy beginner lessons on <a id=\"BasicVocab\" href=\"http:\/\/cloudfront.transparent.com\/courses\/mini_lessons\/Spanish_Novice_Baseball_Game\/UnitPlayer.html\">basic game vocabulary<\/a> and <a id=\"BasicRules\" href=\"http:\/\/cloudfront.transparent.com\/courses\/mini_lessons\/Spanish_Beginner_Baseball_Basic_Rules\/UnitPlayer.html\">game rules<\/a>. Those looking for a bit more of a challenge can use this intermediate lesson on <a id=\"Procedures\" href=\"http:\/\/cloudfront.transparent.com\/courses\/mini_lessons\/Spanish_Intermediate_Baseball_Procedures\/UnitPlayer.html\">baseball procedures<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3203\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"spanish baseball\" width=\"515\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-350x194.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So gather your <em>amigos<\/em>, throw some <em>hamburguesas<\/em> on the grill, and prepare for the big game\u2026 en espa\u00f1ol! And of course, <em>\u201c\u00a1Pleibol!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested in using this technology in your own classroom? Want to bring language learning to your customers or employees? Learn more about Transparent Language Online for <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/education\/language-learning-online.html\"><strong>schools<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/libraries\/language-learning-online.html\"><strong>libraries<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/corporate\/language-learning-online.html\"><strong>corporate organizations<\/strong><\/a><strong>, or simply <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:edsales@transparent.com\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-350x194.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"spanish baseball\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-350x194.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/03\/ml.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Fear not, sports fans. We may be wrapping up the Multilingual Madness Tournament, but baseball season is just around the corner. This year, the Major League Baseball season will not commence with an international game as it has in previous years, so we\u2019ve taken it upon ourselves to add a little international flavor to opening&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/03\/31\/play-ball-en-espanol\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[520016,542993],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3202","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-learners","category-learning-material-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions\/3254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}