why do girls play softball and boys play baseball?
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Good Question. Hmm now I am going to really think about it!\nAnd ya know what? That softball isn't soft at all. Have you had one hit you in the head?? OCUH!
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i play basketball nad personally im not manyl adn i nice, but come on now, it takes more ability to play basketball ,because its a longer period of time. so i dunno, at my school, its most o the bball ppla that get hte guys and softball nad field hocky, and our guys are hot!!
548771
Softball is easier, because the pitching is slower, and the ball is bigger. the games are almost the same, except for the differences I mentioned, for a beginner, softball is the easier game to pick up.
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No it's not unfair,  it would be a lot harder to throw a softball overhanded than underhanded. But i will gaurentee you that girls can throw faster underhanded than guys can!
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many many many differences in the two, yet many similarities. The playing stratigies are different also. \n\nActually the game of baseball really originated from a game which was played more like softball! The balls were similar to the 16" softball game played today.\n\nAlso, a seven inning softball game goes a lot quicker than a seven inning baseball game! I have called a seven inning BB game which laste 4 hours, and also a seven inning SB game in 50 minutes!. Love 'em both though!
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I think it depends on the sport.  I personally don't like a female calling my football games.  However, for softball or baseball it makes good sense & I like it.
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The first version of softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, as a winter version of baseball. It was intended to be a way for baseball players to keep in practice during the winter.\n\nYale and Harvard alumni had gathered at the Farragut Boat Club in Chicago to hear the score of the annual football game. When the score was announced and bets were paid, one person threw a boxing glove at another. The other person grabbed a stick and swung at it.Hancock called "Play ball!" and the game began. Hancock took a boxing glove and tied it into a ball. A broom handle was used as a bat. The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded rather than with gloves like those which had been introduced to baseball in 1882. Hancock developed a ball and an undersized bat in the next week. The Farragut Club soon set rules for the game, which spread quickly to outsiders.\n\nIn 1895 Lewis Rober, Sr. of Minneapolis organized outdoor games as exercise for firefighters; this game was known as kitten ball (after the first team to play it), pumpkin ball, or diamond ball. Rober's version of the game used a twelve-inch (305 mm) ball rather than the sixteen-inch (406 mm) ball used by the Farragut club, and eventually the Minneapolis ball prevailed, although the dimensions of the Minneapolis diamond were passed over in favour of the dimensions of the Chicago one. Rober may not have been familiar with the Farragut Club rules. The first softball league outside the United States was organized in Toronto in 1897.\n\nThe name softball dates from 1926 (in addition to indoor baseball, kitten ball, and diamond ball, names for the game included mush ball, and pumpkin ball). Standard rules were agreed on only after the formation of the Amateur Softball Association in 1933.\n\nSixteen-inch (406 mm) softball, also sometimes referred to as "mush ball" or "Super-slow pitch" is a direct descendant of Hancock's original game. Defensive players are not allowed to wear fielding gloves; however, a sixteen inch softball is actually soft, and can be fielded safely with bare hands. Sixteen inch softball is played extensively in Chicago, Illinois.\n\nIn the 1940s, fast pitching started to dominate the game. Slow pitch was invented to give batters a better chance to hit the ball.\n\nAfter World War II, Canadian soldiers introduced softball to The Netherlands.\n\nIn 1991, Women's fast-pitch was selected to debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics.\n\nIn 2002, sixteen-inch slow pitch was written out of the ISF official rules, though still played extensively in the United States under Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) rules.\n\nThe 117th meeting of the International Olympic Committee, held in Singapore in July 2005, voted to drop Softball and Baseball as Olympic sports for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Play sports and learn to be the best at it what ever you do. I play high school sports and college level. At first I did it to get friends and have something to do but to be honest my grads went up, my esteem went up and life was good. So my sugestion do it go play and kick some but it feels great. Playing softball will actually make you quite the opposite of a dork.
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Ok..most females don't play Pro-Baseball..now for softball..there is Jennie Finch and Cat Osterman, take your pick.
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baseball is my favorite sport (though i play basketball a lot) and there isnt a sport that id prefer a girl to play. she's free to play whatever she wants.
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Because they enjoy being seduced. I think girls also play the same game.
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If she was scouted by this team they know where she usually plays.  Usually when teams scout they look at everything, and it is possible, that they saw something to make them think she would be a good outfielder.\n\nIt is also good to play different postions, my son who is 12 has played 1st base and pitched, but when he gets the oppertunity to play somewhere else he enjoys it
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because a lot of girls play the sport just like people think football is a boys sport cause a lot of boys play it.
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As already stated, it's a rules issue. \n\nEither bat will work with either ball, they are made out of the same materials.\n\nBaseball bats have larger barrels, would be easiear to hit a softball. Hint; to improve your baseball swing, practice with a softball (skinny barrel) bat. When you change back to the baseball bat you'll feel like you're swinging a tennis racket!\n\nBaseball bats must meet (and be stamped) BESR Certified (Bat Exit Speed Ratio) for most HS play, or meet certain length to weight ratios for other play. All haive size/dimension restrictions. Wood bats only have size/dimension restrictions, and are legal in all play.\n\nSoftball bats for HS and most league play must be listed on an approved list published by the ASA (Ameteur Softball Association) and bear a certification mark. Proper sized wood bats are also legal.
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I love playing softball, i play for my high school team, it is awesome.
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Girls can do sports such as football and baseball, just not in good competition with men. Please consider the psychical realities. Do not confuse equality of opportunity with equality of identity. They may be exceptional women who can compete with men, but on average, in these sports, very few.
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Ok pitching a softball is totally different than pitching a baseball. Theres no way someone like jenny finch could just join a team in the MLB. Now if you taught a girl how to pitch a baseball from a young she might have the skills but like all other sports men just won't let it happen. I mean keith hernadez went nuts because a girl was in the dugout. it just won't happend