I love to play softball, which is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball with a smaller field.
I always wondered why there were two different sports so similar.
It was actually invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game.
Oh that make sense. I definitely don't see it as an indoor sport.
It got the name "softball" in 1926 because the ball used to be soft.
Oh so the ball was different! Interesting that they decided to change that.
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
ball team sport, softball is a variant of baseball. The difference between the two sports is that softball uses larger balls and requires a smaller playing field. Beginning as an indoor game in Chicago, softball was invented in 1887 by George Hancock.
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