Softball is played on a softball field or it is often referred to as a diamond.
Girls softball started in Chicago in 1887 when George Hancock and a couple other guys pulled out some boxing gloves and an old broom stick after a football game and drew a chalk line to make a dimond inside of the football field.
It is shaped as a diamond.
On a field
There are 9 positions on a softball field.
A softball facility is an indoor facility that has a closed in field that is the same field as an actual field. You can practice or host games here. Often times, there are batting cahes inside of the softball facility.
about 200 feet
Softball Field LayoutA softball field is the same as a baseball field. They're practically the same sport. They have a few minor differences like how they pitch and how big the ball is, but they're almost the same. The fields are different because unlike a baseball field, a softball field has no grass in the infield. the softball field mound will be closer than a baseball field mound.the softball field is in a diamond shape with 3bases and a home plate at the corner inside the diamond is all sand and behind the bases there is also some sand after the sand there is an outfield which is all grass.there is also 2 fowl line that go from the left and right side corners of the home plate to the fence in the outfield (usually).-k1956
basically the same as a baseball and softball field
A baseball field is larger and it has a pitching mound. A softball field has an extended first base to protect the fielder and runner.
A field
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