A softball is called a softball because its core is soft and sponge like. The outside is definately not soft but the core is!
Baseball is not called softball. The game of softball is called softball because the ball used is softer than a baseball.
Officials in softball are called umpries
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Aside from the basic "softball is for girls," not really. This is mainly due to the fact that baseball overshadows softball since it came before softball.
Yes, it's club is called Stavanger baseball / softball cl.
There is not a specific book on Softball for Dummies, but there are many other books that can help you if you need to find out more about softball.
I guess if you were to call it something it would be called advancing bases, or if the coaches were talking about the runner it would be called advancing the runner.
i am pretty sure it was called stick ball but dont quote me on it
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