Slowpitch and fastpitch have 7-inning games. A morning game on Sunday means you had a nasty Saturday. Cheers are an essential evil. Cheering in softball is like a gruesome job.
It wears you out, it takes away all your dignity, and yet you have to do it. When there is a perfect hit with the ball, it feels like the most powerful thing in the world. Most of the time players are trained to not swing at balls. But, with 2 strikes, the dynamic changes. There have been many great players in the history of softball. There are some names that stand out for their contributions and achievements. To best represent the history of softball, we would like to introduce three such big names in softball and their achievements:.
Born in , Jennie Finch is a former All-American, right-handed hitting softball pitcher from California, who played for the Arizona Wildcats, the national softball team, and Chicago Bandits.
Born in , Lisa is a right-handed softball pitcher who set the Olympic record in the spot with her 21 strikeouts in a single game. She played for the U. She was the Sportswoman of the Year in and She won the gold medals at many Olympics including , , and He assembled his team in and went on tours across the Pacific Northwest and then the entire U.
The legend won 9, games, played perfect games, and held , strikeouts. Softball has an unorthodox origin. Although it developed on the sidelines of an already existing sport, it has built its own identity after more than a century of its invention. History of Slow Pitch Softball The slow pitch, also referred to as the super-slow pitch or mushball is played using inchy softball.
History of Fast Pitch Softball Soft pitch may have been the earlier version of softball, fast pitch began to become popular during the s. George Hancock, considered to be the inventor of softball tied the boxing glove so that it resembled a ball, chalked out a diamond on the floor, which gave it small dimensions than a regular baseball field to be able to fit in the gym, and broke off a broom handle to serve as a bat.
Thus, a new version of baseball was born: softball. Hancock was fascinated, and in the following weeks developed a large ball and small bat for the sportes. Rules and a league were established by the Boat Club in , and the first league began in in Toronto.
Softball evolves…. Lewis Rober, a lieutenant at the local fire department, used a vacant lot to set up a small field for his men to play. When Rober was transferred to another department, he helped establish a team he called the Kittens, and his game was named Kitten Ball in the summer of Leo Fischer and Michael Pauley decided to organize softball on a more national basis. They brought thousands of softball teams together into state organizations and from there into one national organization.
This helped to cement softball and its rules. The formation of the ASA gave softball the foundation it needed to develop. On the opening day of the tournament, the Chicago American said, "it is the largest and most comprehensive tournament ever held in the sport which has swept the country like wildfire.
Friedman Boosters to the men's title. In , the Playground Association Softball Guide, wrote: "the years of persistent effort, constant promotion and unchanging faith of believers in softball proved to have not been in vain, for in softball came into its own. All over America hundreds of leagues and thousands of players enthusiastically accepted this major team game. Up until this point, the game was being played with varied rules, player positions, and ball sizes. The original softball used by the Farragut Boat Club was 16 inches in circumference.
However, Lewis Rober Sr. However, many Chicagoans still hold fast to the belief that real softball is played using a inch ball. While the sport was originally advertised as an indoor game for baseball players looking to maintain their dexterity during the off season, it gained so much popularity and recognition that it quickly became its own official sport. According to the official rules developed early in the history of softball, and eventually defined by the International Softball Federation, there are nine players on the field at a time.
The players take the positions of pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, and outfielder. Usually, there are three outfielders holding the positions of right fielder, left fielder, and center fielder. However, slow pitch softball allows for a fourth person in the outfield. Similar to baseball, the team with the most runs at the end of the seventh inning is named the winner.
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