Talk:Softball

message: The introduction has a lot of redundant or conflicting information. It (and the rest of the article) does not indicate the basepath lengths can vary, and are typically 65-70 feet for slowpitch softball. I will consider revisions, but I encourage others to revamp the article! Mdewman6 (talk) 03:35, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction needs work

message: In the article on softball sizes, the diameter conversion for fast- and slow-pitch softballs gave 12" = 30.5 cm, which is correct (it's 30.48 cm), but the conversion for the 11" ball was given as 29.7 cm, which is not correct - it's 11x2.54 = 27.94.  Looks like a transposition is involved.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jagordon3 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metric conversion 

message: I think the ending sentence in the introduction is missing something, and I can't find any information to fill it out
"It is dominated by Lauren Clarke, overall stud". 
It doesn't make any sense, and if someone agrees with me, maybe it should be deleted in order to avoid confusions.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikewik (talk • contribs) 08:50, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification needed

message: There seems to be very specific information regarding the weight, size, and composition of the softball itself. It may be helpful if detailed information about the softball bat and glove were added. The bat and the glove are essential pieces of equipment to the game as well as the ball. The softball bat in particular has evolved drastically from the wooden baseball and aluminum bat. Now the composite bat, which helps increase the distance of the batted ball, is becoming controversial because it creates an unfair advantage for the batter (although, this particular topic may create a bias opinion among some of the more passionate people in the softball community). It has also caused the distance from which the ball is pitched to be pushed further back in recent years. Kcallan16 (talk) 20:59, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional information needed 

message: The article states that the outfield is at all points equidistant from home plate. This is clearly not always true, it often is deeper in center field than down the lines. I would change it, but it may be true that in some cases, depending on things like age, governing body, etc., the requirement is for equidistant fence. 173.22.149.127 (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outfield dimensions 

message: A foul tip is very important in the game of softball. It is an interesting rule that is easily looked over. A foul tip is described as a ball that is tipped off of the bat and land directly into the catcher’s glove, which furthermore counts as a strike. According to the NSA rule book the ball that is batted can’t go over the batters head or it is not considered a foul tip. If it is caught by the catcher by the third strike then the batter is out. (Browna48)
Cantrell, Eddie R., Don Snopek, and Sonja Ritchie. "NSA Rule Book." NSA Rule Book. NSA, 2012. Web. 2014.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Browna48 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foul tips 

message: There are some minor restrictions in certain level of the game in fast pitch softball. One of the minor things that are easily looked over is the fact that jewelry is strictly prohibited on the field. There are a lot of injury hazards when it comes to jewelry so it is strictly prohibited. In some extreme cases players can wear, “Medical alert bracelets and necklaces are not considered jewelry. These rules do not apply to adult players. ( browna48) 
"USSSA Fast Pitch Clarification & Interpretation." USSSA Fast Pitch Clarification & Interpretation. National Umpire Commmitee, Feb. 2013. Web. Mar. 2014.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Browna48 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewelry restrictions 

message: Softball is considered a contact sport. With that being said it is important to protect yourself and there is protective gear that you can wear. One of the many things that you can wear is a mouth guard. The mouth guard can protect your mouth and teeth from potentially getting injured during the game. The ball can take some bad hops when it leaves the bat so some players wear mouth guards,” to prevent any damage to their mouth, teeth, and tongue”.(browna48)
 "Sports and Exercise Safety." KidsHealth. Ed. Alfred Atanda Jr. The Nemours Foundation, 01 Nov. 2011. Web. 16 Mar. 2014.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Browna48 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protective gear (continued) 

message: According to the International Softball Federation Playing Rules Committee, “There can be a 10th player in the lineup known as the designated player. This designated player can hit for one of the players on the team. He or she is also known as the designated hitter. This player is also known as the flex player. The flex player can sub in and out for other players on the team.(Browna48 (talk) 17:43, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The designated player 

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message: Hi the template  is redirecting/linking to the men's team and not he women's. I cannot work out how to fix.121.98.106.119 (talk) 11:38, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
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message: Hello! I was just thinking that it might be good to add the different distances from home plate to the outfield fence for the different types of softball. 
Women's fences are 220 feet on average, men's fast pitch extends to 250 feet, and slow pitch fences range from 275 to 300 feet depending on age and league type. 
Samijowilliams (talk) 01:56, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outfield Fence Distances 

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message: I think the article could avoid some confusion with the ball sizes from the outset, eg, saying that the small ball, for youth softball, has a circumference of 11 inches (and thus a diameter of 3.5 inches), and the big ball has a circumference of 12 inches (and thus a diameter of 3.8 inches). In a style versus clarity question, clarity is always more relevant. 200.187.118.13 (talk) 07:01, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another clarification needed 

message: Is it against the rules to use submarine or sidearm pitch (as both are underhanded pitches)?? Regardless of their effectiveness.  213.149.61.73 (talk) 15:47, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pitching 

message: There should be separate articles for Slowpitch and Fastpitch softball.  The rules, equipment, type of play, strategy, etc. are very different for these major categories.  In the current article, there are many cases were a statement is made as being general to softball, but it really only applies to slowpitch or fastpitch.  The existing article is confusing because it bounces back and forth between these two types of softball.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanmoll (talk • contribs) 15:50, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing Mixture of Different Types of Softball 

message: The lead of this article is pretty bad. It jumps and jumbles way too many disconnected items in a terrible fashion. It's also obviously written with the assumption that the reader knows baseball, instead of standing on its own. oknazevad (talk) 05:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead needs to be rewritten 

message: This page needs a proper disambiguation (see also, etc.) introduction to all the other softball pages that we decide to maintain.Absolutely Certainly (talk) 21:34, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is too much conflicting information on this page. There are also too many other Wikipedia pages about softball that have information in conflict with information on this page. 

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