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- Softball abstract "Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game. It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softbund ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball. The name softball was given to the game in 1926.A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America (founded 1933) governs the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including the United States and Canada; before the WBSC was formed in 2013, the International Softball Federation filled this role. Women's fast-pitch softball became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996, but it (and baseball) were dropped in 2005 from the 2012 games.There are two types of softball. In the most common type, slow-pitch softball, the ball, which can measure either 11 or 12 inches in circumference depending on the league, must arch on its path to the batter, there are 10 players in a team. In fastpitch softball, the pitch is fast, there are nine players on the field at one time, and bunting and stealing are permitted. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseball. Two major differences are that the ball must be pitched underhand—from 46 ft. (14 m) for men or 43 ft(13.1 m) for women as compared with 60.5 ft. (18.4 m) in baseball—and that seven innings instead of nine constitute a regulation game.Despite the name, the ball used in softball is not very soft. It is about 12 in. (30.5 cm) in circumference (11 or 12 in. for slow-pitch), which is 3 in. (8 cm) larger than a baseball. The infield in softball is smaller than on an adult or high school baseball diamond but identical to that used by Little League Baseball; each base is 60 ft (18 m) from the next, as opposed to baseball's 90 ft. (27 m).".
- Softball category Bat-and-ball_games.
- Softball sportGoverningBody World_Baseball_Softball_Confederation.
- Softball teamSize "2".
- Softball thumbnail SFUs_womens_softball_team_sports_Olympic_logo.jpgwidth=300.
- Softball wikiPageExternalLink profastpitch.com.
- Softball wikiPageExternalLink www.asasoftball.com.
- Softball wikiPageExternalLink softball.
- Softball wikiPageExternalLink Softball-Injury-Prevention.pdf.
- Softball wikiPageID "80763".
- Softball wikiPageLength "81827".
- Softball wikiPageOutDegree "169".
- Softball wikiPageRevisionID "683338997".
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 117th_IOC_Session.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 16-inch_softball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 1933_Worlds_Fair.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 1996_Summer_Olympics.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 2012_Summer_Olympic_Games.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink 2012_Summer_Olympics.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Amateur_Softball_Association.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink American_football.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Arena_Softball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Ball_(baseball_statistics).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baseball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baseball_(ball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baseball_bat.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baseball_field.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baserunner.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Baserunning.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Bat-and-ball_games.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Batted_ball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Batter_(baseball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Batting_(baseball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Batting_order_(baseball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Black_Socks.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Bunt_(baseball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Catcher.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_inventions.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ball_and_bat_games.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_Summer_Olympic_sports.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Softball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sports_originating_in_the_United_States.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Category:Team_sports.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Centimeters.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Centimetre.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Century_of_Progress.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Chicago.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Comparison_of_baseball_and_softball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Composite_material.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Cork_(material).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Dartball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Designated_hitter.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Double_play.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink ESF_Mens_Championship.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink ESF_Womens_Championship.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink East_Asia.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Eddie_Feigner.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink European_Softball_Federation.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Fair_ball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Fastpitch_softball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Fire_Station_No._19_(Minneapolis,_Minnesota).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Firefighter.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink First_base.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink First_baseman.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink First_basemen.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Football.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Force_play.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Foul_ball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink George_Hancock_(softball).
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Harvard.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Harvard_University.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Home_plate.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink ISF_Junior_Womens_World_Championship.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink ISF_Womens_World_Championship.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Infield.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Infield_fly_rule.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Inning.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Innings.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink International_Olympic_Committee.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink International_Softball_Congress.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink International_Softball_Federation.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Kapok.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Kapok_tree.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Line_drive.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Little_League_Baseball.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Mass.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Mercy_rule.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Metal.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Royko.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Minneapolis.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Minneapolis,_Minnesota.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink NCAA_Division_I_Softball_Championship.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink National_Pro_Fastpitch.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink National_Register_of_Historic_Places.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink National_Softball_Association.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink Natural_rubber.
- Softball wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand_mens_national_softball_team.