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Who invented baseball and softball?

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George Hancock invented Softball

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What did people call softball when was it first invented?

When softball was first invented people called it lemon ball, diamond ball, super slow pitch, cabbage ball, indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball and because it was also played by women ladies' baseball. The name softball was given to the game in 1926.


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