Girls have also found they love to steal bases. The larger infield means a longer basepath distance. A long distance to run, there is a risk in stealing, even with a lead-off, because a thrown ball can travel awfully fast and with good accuracy. Attempted base stealing results in a lot of close plays on the bases adding an extra element of excitement and fun to the game. Girls who play baseball say they would never go back to playing with a large ball.
Parents are glad, because girls baseball is fun and exciting for spectators too.
Exciting was just one of many words that could be used to describe a game between the Rochester Red Wings of the International League and the Colorado SilverBullets, a female professional baseball team. The SilverBullets play 60 exhibition games in a season against men's minor professional and allstar men's college teams. In July of last year, the SilverBullets won 10 - 8 with the help of a three run homer over the left field fence. For the same reason girls weren't playing hockey. They haven't been given the choice.