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of Minneapolis organized outdoor games as exercise for firefighters this game was known as kitten ball (after the first team to play it), lemon ball, or diamond ball. Under the name of 'Indoor-Outdoor', the game moved outside in the next year, and the first rules were published in 1889. Envisioned as a way for baseball players to maintain their skills during the winter, the sport was called 'Indoor Baseball'. The Farragut Club soon set rules for the game, which spread quickly to outsiders. Hancock is credited as the game's inventor for his development of a 17' ball and an undersized bat in the next week. The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded. This first contest ended with a score of 41вЂ“40. George Hancock, a reporter there, called out 'Play ball!' and the game began, with the boxing glove tightened into a ball, a broom handle serving as a bat. The Harvard fan grabbed a stick and swung at the rolled up glove. When the score was announced and bets were settled, a Yale alumnus threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club at a gathering to hear the outcome of the Yale University and Harvard University football game. The earliest known softball game was played in Chicago, Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. This changes the arc of the ball when approaching the plate.ДЇirst photo of a softball team, Chicago, 1897 Softballs are pitched in a windmill style, but baseballs are pitched overhand. In fast pitch softball the entire infield is dirt, and softball mounds are also flat, while baseball mounds are a small hill. The game moves at a faster pace than traditional baseball due to the field being smaller and the bases and the fielders being closer to home plate. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseball. Sixteen-inch softball, a variant, is less common but remains a direct descendant of the original game created by George Hancock.

Slow-pitch softball is the most common type, while women's fast pitch softball is a Summer Olympic sport and is played professionally by women.

There are two rules codes for softball generally: slow-pitch softball and fast pitch softball.

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Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball (11 to 16 inches or 28 to 40В cm circumference) on a field that has base lengths of 60 feet, a pitcher's mound that ranges from 35 to 43 (professional is 43) feet away from home plate, and a home run fence that is 220вЂ“300 feet away from home plate, depending on the type of softball being played. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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