Softball | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 04/10/2019

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00:03:51 1 History
00:09:06 2 Overview
00:16:23 3 Playing field
00:19:29 3.1 Official baseline dimensions
00:19:38 3.2 Fastpitch pitching distances
00:19:48 3.3 Slow pitch pitching distances
00:19:57 4 Equipment
00:20:29 4.1 Ball
00:23:41 4.2 Bat
00:25:46 4.3 Gloves
00:27:28 4.4 Uniform
00:29:51 4.5 Protective equipment
00:31:38 5 Umpires
00:34:37 6 Gameplay
00:35:57 6.1 Pitching
00:43:25 6.2 Batters
00:46:40 6.3 Getting the batter out
00:47:34 6.4 Advancing around the bases
00:49:49 6.4.1 Special circumstances
00:52:51 6.5 Scoring runs
00:53:35 6.6 Ending the game
00:56:39 7 Positions
00:57:45 7.1 Designated player
00:58:46 7.2 Pitcher
01:00:45 7.3 Catcher
01:02:03 7.4 First baseman
01:03:05 7.5 Second baseman
01:04:26 7.6 Shortstop
01:06:14 7.7 Third baseman
01:07:48 7.8 Outfielders
01:08:32 7.8.1 Right fielder
01:09:47 7.8.2 Center fielder
01:11:03 7.8.3 Left fielder
01:12:35 8 Modification of rules
01:17:19 8.1 Indoor play
01:18:25 9 Pitch
01:19:39 9.1 Signaling
01:20:19 9.2 Pitching styles
01:20:38 9.2.1 Pitching styles of fastpitch softball
01:21:24 9.2.2 Pitching style of "modified" fastpitch softball
01:21:54 9.2.3 Pitching style of slowpitch softball
01:22:46 9.3 Fastballs
01:23:35 9.4 Off-speed pitches
01:23:44 9.4.1 Breaking balls
01:24:19 9.4.2 Changeups
01:24:51 9.4.3 Other pitches
01:25:24 9.5 Pitching delivery
01:25:36 10 International competition
01:28:38 10.1 New Zealand
01:29:08 10.2 Australia
01:29:37 10.3 Japan
01:30:09 10.4 China
01:30:46 10.5 Europe
01:31:25 10.6 United States
01:34:23 11 See also



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SUMMARY
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Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball (11 to 12 in. circumference) on a field that has base lengths of 60 feet, a pitcher's mound that ranges from 35–43 feet away from home
plate, and a homerun fence that is 220 feet away from home plate.  It was invented in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States as an indoor game. The game moves at a faster pace than traditional baseball. There is less time for the base runner to get to first while the opponent fields the ball; yet, the fielder has less time to field the ball while the opponent is running down to first base. The name softball was given to the game in 1926, because the ball used to be soft, however in modern day usage, the balls are hard.
A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) 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 from the 2012 Games; they will be reinstated for the 2020 Games.
There are three types of softball. In the most common type, slow-pitch softball, the ball, which can measure either 11 or 12 inches in circumference depending on gender and league, must arch on its path to the batter, and there are 10 players on the field at once. In fastpitch softball, the pitch is fast, there are nine players on the field at one time, and bunting and stealing bases are permitted. Modified softball restricts the "windmill" wind-up usually used by fastpitch pitchers, although the pitcher is allowed to throw as hard as possible with the restricted back swing. 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 (13.1 m) for women as compared with 60.5 ft (18.4 m) in baseball—and that seven innings ...