Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat (usually wooden or metal). Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of three markers on the ground called bases, and then touching the final marker, called home plate. Softball is a direct descendant of baseball, which is sometimes referred to as hardball to distinguish the two, but differs from it in several ways (see Comparison of baseball and softball). This article assumes no knowledge of baseball.

The sport's governing body, the International Softball Federation holds world championships, held every four years, in several categories.

Types of softball

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There are three general forms of softball: slow pitch, fast pitch, and modified pitch.

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10th ASEAN Men's Softball Tournament Final Day & Closing Ceremony - 01/11/09 http://mltp.ly/clZplEs
GoDsGiFT730 (GoD's GiFT!) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:28:34 -0000
10th ASEAN Men's Softball Tournament Final Day & Closing Ceremony - 01/11/09 http://mltp.ly/clZplEs
Being able to throw a softball would be nice considering our season starts in a month....workouts and lib all night.
rohoe14 (Roe) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:59 -0000
Being able to throw a softball would be nice considering our season starts in a month....workouts and lib all night.
@feylya no, items of clothing and a softball bat & mitt
Shiminay (Dav Waldron) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:30 -0000
@feylya no, items of clothing and a softball bat & mitt
@therealamz all is well hun, I'm the proud owner of a softball bat :)
Shiminay (Dav Waldron) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:24:52 -0000
@therealamz all is well hun, I'm the proud owner of a softball bat :)
@ayeessbee22 what was the name of the gym coach at fleming? She was white, did volleyball+ maybe softball (read: gay)
ravenivory (raven) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:21:08 -0000
@ayeessbee22 what was the name of the gym coach at fleming? She was white, did volleyball+ maybe softball (read: gay)
Just got out of softball conditioning(: on my way home! Gonna eat something lol. Well text mehh ((:
alexembry (alex embry) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:16:42 -0000
Just got out of softball conditioning(: on my way home! Gonna eat something lol. Well text mehh ((:

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