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 governs the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. The World Baseball Softball Confederation 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 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.
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- Assumption softball earns 3A runner-up
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- Monica Abbott Olympic medalist
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- Former MSSU Coaches Join UMKC Softball Coaching Staff
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- Josh Barnes Announced as Pitt State Head Softball Coach
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- Central Texas team advances to Junior League Softball World Series
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- All-Army Sports Softball Trials underway at Fort Sill
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- Sunrise Sports: Hawaii little league softball, Rainbow Wahine hoops star lands on Olympic roster
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- Carlisle edges ADM for 4A State Softball championship
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- Clarendon Hills team representing Illinois in Little League Softball World Series
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- FOX 9 Town Ball Tour in Eden Valley: Coach Birdie
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- Iowa High School State Softball and Baseball: July 23
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- NCA All-Star Softball Game
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- Lawton High Softball hopes new program direction will lead to success in upcoming season
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- Hite Saunders Little League Softball advances in World Series Regionals
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- Pleasant Valley Softball reflects on their fabulous 9 run inning in State Championship game.
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- Willcox Softball a win away from the Little League World Series
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- Assumption Softball falls in State Championship game 12-9
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- WDM Valley falls to Pleasant Valley in 5A State Softball championship game
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- Day two of the USA Softball National Championship in Johnson City
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- Opening round of the USA softball girls' class a 12u & 16u national championship