I have been woudering that cuz all the guys a my school think that softball is so easy cuz they think it is soft i dont think so it hurt if u get hit with it and a bruise{ but bruises are awsome cuz u look tough} and there is never softball it all ways says baseball when it asks u for like what sports u play
2006-09-23 17:06:52 · 12 answers · asked by Lola the Snake 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
baseballs dont even hurt if u get hit
2006-09-23 17:11:10 · update #1
baseball it is softer than a softball
2006-09-23 17:12:53 · update #2
It is called softball because of the method used to pitch and the larger size of the ball. Although the ball is "hard," it is actually not wound as tightly as a baseball, so it is not as "hard" as a baseball.
Since it is slow pitch it is generally called softball. There is also fast-pitch softball, but because the same type of ball is still used, it is only classified by whether it is slow-pitch or fast-pitch.
I've watched women's fast-pitch softball and it's definitely not for the faint of heart. Jenny Finch has receive the most attention in the sport. I've seen her pitch to Major League Baseball players and they had great difficulty trying to hit her pitches. Granted it's a very different game, in that in fast-pitch softball, the pitcher is able to give "rise" to the fastball unlike in overhand baseball, the fastball are sinking. Nevertheless, fast-pitch softball is tough and I admire the women who play it.
2006-09-23 17:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by Fantasy Protege 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
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I have been woudering that cuz all the guys a my school think that softball is so easy cuz they think it is soft i dont think so it hurt if u get hit with it and a bruise{ but bruises are awsome cuz u look tough} and there is never softball it all ways says baseball when it asks u for like what...
2015-08-25 02:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by Car 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Altough the ball is not soft at all, and you might get injured, it's not as hard and dangerous as baseball. I personally played baseball for 30 years, and now, at 40, I play softball. It's a very different thing to have a sharp grounder hit your way at third base with a softball than with a baseball.
2006-09-24 00:56:43 · answer #3 · answered by ljjahn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was hit with a come backer when I was pitching in high school and fractured my cheekbone, yah it's not soft at all.Anyway in 1887 some Yale and Harvard alumni where hanging out, one guy got a boxing glove and tied it into a ball,another guy swung at it with a handle of a broom stick, yada,yada,yada he called it a softball.
2006-09-23 18:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heck yeah it hurts!
I got hit in the eye with a softball after my idiot cousin got in my way outfield & I got a huge purple shiner!
Those guys at your school don't understand that it's just the way the pitches are thrown that makes it "soft".
A fast-pitch softball hurts just as much as a "hard" ball when you get beaned.
Throw one at them & see if it doesn't hurt them!
2006-09-23 21:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by Mary* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is because the ball is more soft than other regular baseball.And even if u hit it correctly,you are going to feel that it is easy to hit the ball in a soft way.You didn't need to hit it hardly.Just in a smooth way.
2006-09-23 17:22:23 · answer #6 · answered by sya-z 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A softball is actually softer than a regular baseball.
2006-09-23 17:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by treymf 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-04-10 09:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are soft if you playt with a huge ball and its tossed underthand.
2006-09-23 18:20:52 · answer #9 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
softball is just a "title" you know, the female version of baseball but i agree it is just as hard... it's just one of those stupid "girly" titles.
2006-09-23 17:09:57 · answer #10 · answered by Lax Angel 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋