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5:01 pm
August 31, 2010


softballjunkie12

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Let's start a list of random fun facts about the game of softball. I'll start!! Laugh

 

The beginnings of fastpitch softball date back to a cold, windy day in
November 1887 in Chicago, Illinois.  A group of Yale and Harvard
alumni, led by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of
Trade, decided to play a game of “indoor baseball” in a local gymnasium.
Hancock created 19 special rules to adapt the outdoor game to the
indoor version. The game was soon adapted for outside play on fields too
small for baseball. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) was founded
in 1933 and gave the sport a consistent set of rules, allowing it to
grow steadily in popularity.

 

see that? yale and harvard! i always knew softball players were the smartest! Wink

5:24 pm
September 1, 2010


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The NCAA softball championship (Women’s College World Series) was first
held in 1982. Softball is one of only 2 sports in the NCAA which are
exclusive to women, the other is Field Hockey.

4:20 pm
September 2, 2010


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The field of play for softball is flat, no raised mound, and has a
"skin" (dirt) infield. The reason softball is played on a skin field is
because it is essentially a faster game than baseball. Grass slows
down the speed of ground balls.

10:11 am
December 8, 2011


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softball is a sport that u need to be good at but u need good sportsmanship. im going in u12 next year but i hope it will be fun <3LaughCoolLaughWink dident it start ion thanksgiving day on Chicago?

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