My cousin used to play softball, it's a variant of baseball that is played with a larger ball. 
It looks like a fun sport. I think it will be in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Oh that sounds like fun. I was surprised when I learned that it was invented as an indoor game originally back in 1887. 
It makes sense because why else mess with baseball lol. I think now most of the players are women.
Yes it has been generally known as a women's game earning it many nicknames such as indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softball, kitten ball and ladies' baseball.
I really like the move "A League of Their Own" which documented female softball players taking over during World War II.
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
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