NO THROWING THE BALL IN THE HOUSE<\/p>\n
Unless of course you are grandpa, throwing the ball against the wall and pinging some grandchild with it<\/p>\n
Repeatedly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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