Softball The first softball wasn't a ball it was a glove! There are a lot of softball players in the hall of fame. Softball is a very popular sport. In this sport there is, pitcher, catcher, 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, 3rd base, left out field, center out field, right out field. There are 2 kinds of softball the fastpitch, and slowpitch. Softball is played over 140 states. About 30 million americans play softball every year.
Softball hall of fame
There are more than 197 softball players from the hall of fame. Men's fast pitch has 91 men in hall of fame. Women's fast pitch has 59. Men's …show more content…
went 8-1 to capture the first ever gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. Softball was introduced as an Olympic sport for women-only in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The U.S.A softball team has won 3 gold medals, and 1 silver, and 0 bronze, so all in total they have won 4 medals. The first world softball championship was a women's tournament which was in held Melbourne, Australia, in 1965.Softball became an official Olympic sport in 1996.
History of softball Softball was invented in 1887, by a man named George Hancock. The first version of softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois. a group of twenty young men had gathered in the Farragut Boat Club gym in order to hear the Harvard-Yale football game. In 1965, the International Softball World Championships made softball an international sport. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club at a gathering to hear the outcome of the Yale University and Harvard University football game.The outdoor version of softball was created eight years after its invention but the sport got its current-day name only in the 1920’s.
Softball hall of fame
There are more than 197 softball players from the hall of fame. Men's fast pitch has 91 men in hall of fame. Women's fast pitch has 59. Men's …show more content…
went 8-1 to capture the first ever gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. Softball was introduced as an Olympic sport for women-only in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The U.S.A softball team has won 3 gold medals, and 1 silver, and 0 bronze, so all in total they have won 4 medals. The first world softball championship was a women's tournament which was in held Melbourne, Australia, in 1965.Softball became an official Olympic sport in 1996.
History of softball Softball was invented in 1887, by a man named George Hancock. The first version of softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois. a group of twenty young men had gathered in the Farragut Boat Club gym in order to hear the Harvard-Yale football game. In 1965, the International Softball World Championships made softball an international sport. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club at a gathering to hear the outcome of the Yale University and Harvard University football game.The outdoor version of softball was created eight years after its invention but the sport got its current-day name only in the 1920’s.