It is thought that George Hancock invented the modern day sport if softball in Chicago in 1887. There was a group of about 20 men at the Farragut Boat club, while they were awaiting the result of the Harvard-Yale football game one man tied a boxing glove up and threw it at another and then the man hit it with a pole. That's how it came to be.
The first softball game was played on Thanksgiving Day in 1887. They players played inside of a gym at Farragut Boat club, located in Chicago, IL. The believed inventor of softball is George Hancock. They had a group of 20 guys to play the first game.
They named it softball because the game of softball was derived from Baseball. The baseball had a hard core whereas the softball has a soft core, so they named it softball. Although the ball is not softball the core of the ball is soft.
Softball is played on a softball field or it is often referred to as a diamond.
No, bunting in 16U softball is not illegal.
A question about softball.
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A softball is called a softball because its core is soft and sponge like. The outside is definately not soft but the core is!
softball in Tagalog: softball (no Tagalog translation)
a softball tournament is exactly like a baseball tournament, exept with softball
why does a foam softball seeem much lighter than a normal softball
11" circumference for women's slow pitch softball.