I love softball. It was actually invented in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois as an indoor only game.
I use to pay softball in the summer.
That sounds great, Summer time usually is the best time to play it, In fact the name "softball" was given to the game in the year 1926, because the balls used to be very soft.
They aren't soft now. I got hit with a line drive and it hurt.
Ouch that sounds painful. It wasnt until a large tournament held in the year 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair until it spurred interest in the game.
I love Chicago, one of my favorite cities.
Indeed its bascially the baseball capital of the world, The very first rules for softball were not published until 1889
Who invented the game?
sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including the United States and Canada; before the WBSC was formed in 2013, the International Softball Federation filled this role. Women's fast pitch softball became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996, but it and baseball were dropped from the 2012 Games; they will be reinstated for the 2020 Games.
There are three types of softball. In the most common type, slow-pitch softball
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball (11 to 12 in. circumference) on a field that has base lengths of 60 feet, a pitcher's mound that ranges from 35–43 feet away from home
plate, and a homerun fence that is 220 feet away from home plate. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States as an indoor game. The game moves at a faster pace than traditional baseball. There is less time for the base runner to get to