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Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level.
The Mexican Softball League (LMS) was established on 20 September 2023 as the first professional softball league in Latin America. The Sultanes de Monterrey were one of the founding members of the league, alongside Bravos de León, Charros de Jalisco, Diablos Rojos del México, El Águila de Veracruz, and Olmecas de Tabasco; all of the teams were affiliated to baseball clubs from the Mexican ...
Softball pitcher about to deliver the ball underarm. In sports , the term diamond sports refers to recreational (often scaled down) variants of baseball , a bat-and-ball sport . [ 1 ] The most popular and closely related sport to baseball is softball , [ 2 ] with the two sports being administered internationally by the World Baseball Softball ...
Softball legend Jennie Finch is one of several notable athletes to have posed for the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Finch, now 40, posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in 2005.
The 2025 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup is the fifteenth edition of the U-18 Women's Softball World Cup, which will be hosted for the first time by three nations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament, with a history of 42 years and 14 editions, moved to a four-year cycle and changed its competition format in 2024.
Softball, a form of team sport similar to baseball; Softball squash, the international form of squash, as distinguished from hardball squash, the North American form; Softball cricket, a form of cricket using an alternative cricket ball; Soft-ball stage, a stage in candy-making corresponding to 85% sugar; Softball (band), a Japanese all-girl ...
The tournament, originally known as the ISF Women's World Championship, was sanctioned by the International Softball Federation (ISF) until that body's 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC. The number of teams in the tournament began at five in its inaugural event in 1965, went to a high of 28 for the 1994 ...
On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had ...