{"id":15472,"date":"2011-11-04T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15472"},"modified":"2011-11-04T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:09:31","slug":"new-book-hails-the-heroes-of-fastpitch-softball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15472","title":{"rendered":"New book hails the heroes of fastpitch softball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_15473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15473\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fontanaheraldnews.com\/articles\/2011\/11\/03\/sports\/doc4eb31b13b73c2744003443.txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/fontana-herald-news-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"fontana herald news\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/fontana-herald-news-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/fontana-herald-news.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for complete story at the Fontana Herald News.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>By RUSSELL INGOLD, Fontana Herald News<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAll over the United States, and particularly here in Fontana, fastpitch softball is enjoyed by multitudes of young girls, some of whom continue to participate in the sport as adults.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s great for the girls and the women. But what about the boys and the men?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s a different story. For some reason, males\u2019 interest in the sport of softball (the fastpitch variety) seems to be declining.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why Bob Otto wants to make sure this story gets told (with lots of great photos).<\/p>\n<p>Otto, a talented photojournalist who contributes sports articles to the Fontana Herald News on a regular basis, recently completed the definitive book on the history of fastpitch softball &#8212; \u201cWe Play It Fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otto, a Yucaipa resident who has traveled all over the country to both play and photograph softball, provides a detailed look at some of the best players and teams the sport has produced over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Otto started playing fastpitch and pitching when he was 15 years old back in 1963, and his love for the game has never diminished. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fontanaheraldnews.com\/articles\/2011\/11\/03\/sports\/doc4eb31b13b73c2744003443.txt\"> Click here to continue reading.<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019re a softball fan, be sure to order your copy of \u201cWe Play It Fast\u201d by writing to: Bob Otto, 35147 Cedar Avenue, Yucaipa 92399, or visiting his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottoinfocus.com\">www.ottoinfocus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RUSSELL INGOLD, Fontana Herald News All over the United States, and particularly here in Fontana, fastpitch softball is enjoyed by multitudes of young girls, some of whom continue to participate in the sport as adults. That\u2019s great for the girls and the women. But what about the boys and the men? Well, that\u2019s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15473,"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":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-so-cal","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15472","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=15472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15475,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15472\/revisions\/15475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}