{"id":3378,"date":"2022-06-17T12:49:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:49:48","slug":"baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ralph Russo was born in New York City and raised by a long line of Italian American baseball fans. He credits baseball with being his touchstone and link to family over a lifetime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the spirit of giving back, and as a &#8220;COVID project,&#8221; he turned his large collection of Italian American baseball cards into a 700-plus page site and calls it <a href=\"http:\/\/baseballamore.com\">Baseball Amore<\/a>, honoring every Italian American MLB player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site includes Bios, history, stats and links to reference pages in addition to images from his personal baseball card collection on every page. It is his hope that the site keeps the strong Italian American<br>baseball legacy alive in the thoughts of fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Russo was born in New York City and raised by a long line of Italian American baseball fans. He credits baseball with being his touchstone and link to family over a lifetime. In the spirit of giving back, and as a &#8220;COVID project,&#8221; he turned his large collection of Italian American baseball cards into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ralph Russo was born in New York City and raised by a long line of Italian American baseball fans. He credits baseball with being his touchstone and link to family over a lifetime. In the spirit of giving back, and as a &#8220;COVID project,&#8221; he turned his large collection of Italian American baseball cards into [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Italian American Baseball Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BBAmoreFaviconRR.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"996\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"994\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Vaccaro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Vaccaro\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Vaccaro\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/80593b672a73220fa6a835d102736064\"},\"headline\":\"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\",\"name\":\"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/\",\"name\":\"Italian American Baseball Foundation\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IABF\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo2.png\",\"width\":142,\"height\":143,\"caption\":\"IABF\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/80593b672a73220fa6a835d102736064\",\"name\":\"Chris Vaccaro\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1655c6dd076d11da5da8299e7b87f2eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1655c6dd076d11da5da8299e7b87f2eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris Vaccaro\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation","og_description":"Ralph Russo was born in New York City and raised by a long line of Italian American baseball fans. He credits baseball with being his touchstone and link to family over a lifetime. In the spirit of giving back, and as a &#8220;COVID project,&#8221; he turned his large collection of Italian American baseball cards into [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/","og_site_name":"Italian American Baseball Foundation","article_published_time":"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":996,"height":994,"url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BBAmoreFaviconRR.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chris Vaccaro","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Vaccaro","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Vaccaro","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/80593b672a73220fa6a835d102736064"},"headline":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts","datePublished":"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/"},"wordCount":124,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/","url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/","name":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts - Italian American Baseball Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-06-17T12:49:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-17T12:49:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/baseball-amore-captures-italian-american-spirit-with-images-lists-and-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baseball Amore Captures Italian American Spirit with Images, Lists and Facts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/","name":"Italian American Baseball Foundation","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#organization","name":"IABF","url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo2.png","width":142,"height":143,"caption":"IABF"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/80593b672a73220fa6a835d102736064","name":"Chris Vaccaro","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1655c6dd076d11da5da8299e7b87f2eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1655c6dd076d11da5da8299e7b87f2eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris Vaccaro"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions\/3380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}