{"id":14889,"date":"2011-10-01T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=14889"},"modified":"2011-10-01T20:04:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T03:04:07","slug":"we-play-it-fast-book-by-bob-otto-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=14889","title":{"rendered":"Bob Otto’s book, “We Play it Fast” is out !"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Front cover, Stew Sabiston of the Winnipeg Bullets pitching in the 2010 NAFA World Series. Back cover top, Trent Rubley; middle, Shane Alder and Chase Turner. (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Bob Otto:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nYUCAIPA, CA \u2013 I received my order of 150 books entitled \u201cWe Play It Fast\u201d and I\u2019m ready to ship to those who may be interested.<\/p>\n

THE BASICS:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Size, 8 \u00bd x 11. Soft cover.
\n\u2022 76 stories
\n\u2022 208 photos (black and white except for laminated color front cover).
\n\u2022 About half NAFA and ISC related stories.
\n\u2022 Stories extend from my early writing to present day, from 2010 NAFA World Series \u201cA\u201d division level to the ISC level of play.
\n\u2022 Several stories from contributing writers such as Milt Stark, Kyle Beane, Marc Gillis, Glen Cook, Joe Avila, Bill Hillhouse, Brian Groehler\u2026
\n\u2022 Book\u2019s theme: documentary and memoir told in reportorial \/ storyteller\u2019s voice. Several stand-alone photos with extended captions.<\/p>\n

COSTS, INCLUDING SHIPPING CHARGES:<\/p>\n

\u2022 In U.S. $23; Canada $27; New Zealand $35. (Other countries, price to be determined based on shipping charges).
\n\u2022 It appears that shipping charges are about $14 to NZ. For interested New Zealanders, perhaps you may want to wait until some reviews come in from buyers about the book. I don\u2019t want anyone disappointed from undue expectations. I\u2019m an average writer producing what I hope is a somewhat interesting fastpitch book. It\u2019s not great by any stretch of my imagination.<\/p>\n

BOOKS AVAILABLE:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Only 135. Because of publishing costs I could only afford to print 150, of which 15 go to family, friends and those who helped me out.
\n\u2022 I\u2019ve set aside books for those who have said they want to buy one \u2013 such as the contributing writers. (If you\u2019ve changed your mind, please let me know.)
\n\u2022 If there\u2019s a demand, I can have more books printed. But I didn\u2019t want to get stuck with a lot of unsold books and catch the wrath of the family (wife) accountant.
\n\u2022 First come \/ first served. Meaning, you\u2019re telling me by email that the check is in the mail. Once arrived, I\u2019ll promptly mail off your book.<\/p>\n

ORDING INFO:<\/p>\n

Payable (U.S. $$) to:
\nBob Otto
\n35147 Cedar Ave.
\nYucaipa, CA 92399
\nbotto3@verizon.net<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Editor’s note: <\/strong>I received my copy in the mail today, a “must have” for fastpitch fans. I am honored to have the story I wrote about Dave Blackburn, “Game Changer” included as the second to last chapter in the book. Get yours before that headline says “Sold Out” (it’s a limited edition at this point)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Bob Otto: YUCAIPA, CA \u2013 I received my order of 150 books entitled \u201cWe Play It Fast\u201d and I\u2019m ready to ship to those who may be interested. THE BASICS: \u2022 Size, 8 \u00bd x 11. Soft cover. \u2022 76 stories \u2022 208 photos (black and white except for laminated color front cover). \u2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14889"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14907,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14889\/revisions\/14907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}