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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 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, sometimes larger than the standard 12 inches, must arch on its path to the batter; there are 10 players in a team; and bunting and stealing are prohibited. In fastpitch softball, the pitch is fast, there are 9 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. (12 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 cm) in circumference (sometimes larger for slow-pitch), which is 3 in. (8 cm) larger than a baseball. The infield in softball is smaller than on a baseball diamond; 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 SFU's_women's_softball_team_sports_Olympic_logo.jpg?width=300.
- Softball wikiPageID "80763".
- Softball wikiPageRevisionID "606666034".
- Softball category Bat-and-ball_games.
- Softball equipment "[[#Ball".
- Softball first "United States, 1887".
- Softball hasPhotoCollection Softball.
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- Softball union World_Baseball_Softball_Confederation.
- Softball subject Category:American_inventions.
- Softball subject Category:Ball_and_bat_games.
- Softball subject Category:Former_Summer_Olympic_sports.
- Softball subject Category:Softball.
- Softball subject Category:Sports_originating_in_the_United_States.
- Softball subject Category:Team_sports.
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- Softball comment "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.".
- Softball label "Softbal".
- Softball label "Softball".
- Softball label "Softball".
- Softball label "Softball".
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- Softball label "Softball".
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- Softball label "Sóftbol".
- Softball label "Софтбол".
- Softball label "كرة لينة".
- Softball label "ソフトボール".
- Softball label "壘球".
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- Softball wasDerivedFrom Softball?oldid=606666034.
- Softball depiction SFU's_women's_softball_team_sports_Olympic_logo.jpg.
- Softball isPrimaryTopicOf Softball.